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""Characters"" are those fictive beings in novels whose coherent patterns of behavior make them credible as people. ""Character"" is also used to refer to the capacity-or incapacity-of individuals to sustain core principles. When characters are inconsistent, they risk coming across as dangerous or immoral, not to mention unconvincing. But what is behind our culture's esteem for unwavering consistency? Out of Character examines literary characters who defy our culture's models of personal integrity. It argues that modernist writers Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and T. S. Eliot drew i

American literature --- Characters and characteristics in literature. --- Vitalism in literature. --- Modernism (Literature) --- Character sketches --- Characterization (Literature) --- Literary characters --- Literary portraits --- Portraits, Literary --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- James, Henry, --- Stein, Gertrude, --- Eliot, T. S. --- Eliot, Thomas Stearns --- Staĭn, Gertruda, --- Stein, Gertruda, --- Dzheĭms, G. --- Dzheĭms, Genri, --- Jeimsŭ, Henri, --- Джеймс, Генри, --- ג׳יימס, הנרי, --- ג׳ײמס, הנרי, --- Τζειος, Χενρι, --- ‏جميس، هينري،‏ --- جيمز، هنرى --- Characters. --- Modernism (literature) --- Eliot, t.s. (thomas stearns), 1888-1965 --- James, henry, 1843-1916 --- Stein, gertrude, 1874-1946 --- Biography & autobiography --- American literature. --- Characters and characteristics. --- Modernism (literature). --- Literary. --- 1900-1999. --- United States. --- Ai-lüeh-tʻe, --- Īliyūt, T. S., --- Elliŏtʻŭ, --- Eliot, Thōmas S., --- Eliot, Th. S., --- Eliot, Thomas Stern, --- Elyoṭ, T. S., --- Ėliot, Tomas Stirns, --- אליוט ט.ס --- אליוט, ת. ס. --- James, Henry