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The intellectual relationship between Henry James and his father, who was a philosopher and theologian, proved to be an influential resource for the novelist. Andrew Taylor explores how James's writing responds to James Senior's epistemological, thematic and narrative concerns, and relocates these concerns in a more secularised and cosmopolitan cultural milieu. Taylor examines the nature of both men's engagement with autobiographical strategies, issues of gender reform, and the language of religion. He argues for a reading of Henry James that is informed by an awareness of paternal inheritance. Taylor's study reveals the complex and at times antagonistic dialogue between the elder James and his peers, particularly Emerson and Whitman, in the vanguard of mid nineteenth-century American Romanticism. Through close readings of a wide range of novels and texts, he demonstrates how this dialogue anticipates James's own theories of fiction and selfhood.
Fathers and sons --- Fathers and sons in literature. --- Father figures in literature. --- Autobiography in literature. --- Philosophy in literature. --- Fathers in literature. --- Self in literature. --- James, Henry, --- Dzheĭms, G. --- Dzheĭms, Genri, --- Jeimsŭ, Henri, --- Джеймс, Генри, --- ג׳יימס, הנרי, --- ג׳ײמס, הנרי, --- Τζειος, Χενρι, --- جميس، هينري، --- جيمز، هنرى --- Philosophy. --- Influence. --- Family. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- James, Henry
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Richard Sheale, a harper and balladeer from Tamworth, is virtually the only English minstrel whose life story is known to us in any detail. It had been thought that by the sixteenth century minstrels had generally been downgraded to the role of mere jesters. However, through a careful examination of the manuscript which Sheale almost certainly "wrote" (Bodleian Ashmole 48) and other records, the author argues that the oral tradition remained vibrant at this period, contrary to the common idea that print had by this stage destroyed traditional minstrelsy. The author shows that under the patronage of Edward Stanley, earl of Derby, and his son, from one of the most important aristocratic families in England, Sheale recited and collected ballads and travelled to and from London to market them. Amongst his repertoire was the famous Chevy Chase, which Sir Philip Sidney said moved his heart 'more than with a trumpet'. Sheale also composed his own verse, including a lament on being robbed of £60 on his way to London; the poem is reproduced in this volume. Andrew Taylor lectures in the Department of English, University of Ottawa.
Minstrels --- Poetry, Medieval --- Jongleurs --- Bards and bardism --- Manners and customs --- Poets --- History --- History and criticism. --- Sheale, Richard, --- Great Britain --- England --- History. --- Music --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Musicians --- Ballads. --- minstrels. --- music. --- songs.
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663.6 --- Water for beverages and other industrial uses. Mineral waters. Medicinal waters. Edible ice --- 663.6 Water for beverages and other industrial uses. Mineral waters. Medicinal waters. Edible ice --- Epuration des eaux --- Distribution de l'eau --- Politiques publiques --- Europe --- Aspects économiques --- Politique publique
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What does it mean to focus on the decade as a unit of literary history? Emerging from the shadows of iconic Victorian authors such as Eliot and Tennyson, the 1880s is a decade that has been too readily overlooked in the rush to embrace end-of-century decadence and aestheticism. The 1880s witnessed new developments in transatlantic networks, experiments in lyric poetry, the decline of the three-volume novel, and the revaluation of authors, journalists and the reading public. The contributors to this collection explore the case for the 1880s as both a discrete point of literary production, with its own pressures and provocations, and as part of literature's sense of its expanded temporal and geographical reach. The essays address a wide variety of authors, topics and genres, offering incisive readings of the diverse forces at work in the shaping of the literary 1880s.
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This title is intended for upper level undergraduates, MA students and lecturers in American Studies and Literary Studies.This is the first volume of critical texts to define the field of Transatlantic Literary Studies.This Reader provides 42 exemplary readings that map the theoretical and literary aspects of this growing cross-disciplinary subject area.In a substantial Introduction to the volume, leading experts, Susan Manning and Andrew Taylor suggest ways in which the transatlantic model can be most effectively used within literary studies. The readings that follow are organised around key ideas - the nation and cosmopolitanism, theories and practice of comparative literature, postcolonialism/imperialism, translation, style and genre, and travel - and provide accessible, annotated examples that demonstrate the different possibilities of comparative analysis. The book represents and promotes an understanding of British, European and American literary culture within a broader framework of transatlantic activity.This title defines the field of Transatlantic Literary Studies as taught in English and American Studies departments. It includes important readings from key critics including J. Hillis Miller, Paul Giles, Edward Said and Paul Gilroy. It provides a full introduction and section headnotes that contextualise the field. It presents material that explores transatlantic encounters from the early modern period to the present day.
Amerikaans. --- Bellettrie. --- Comparative literature --- Cultuur. --- Literature, Modern --- Literature, Modern. --- Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft. --- American and English. --- English and American. --- History and criticism. --- Gro�britannien. --- USA. --- Verenigde Staten. --- American literature --- Literatura comparada --- Littérature comparée --- Littérature moderne --- Américaine et anglaise --- Anglaise et américaine --- Histoire et critique
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What does it mean to focus on the decade as a unit of literary history? Emerging from the shadows of iconic Victorian authors such as Eliot and Tennyson, the 1880s is a decade that has been too readily overlooked in the rush to embrace end-of-century decadence and aestheticism. The 1880s witnessed new developments in transatlantic networks, experiments in lyric poetry, the decline of the three-volume novel, and the revaluation of authors, journalists and the reading public. The contributors to this collection explore the case for the 1880s as both a discrete point of literary production, with its own pressures and provocations, and as part of literature's sense of its expanded temporal and geographical reach. The essays address a wide variety of authors, topics and genres, offering incisive readings of the diverse forces at work in the shaping of the literary 1880s.
English literature --- English literature. --- History and criticism.
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