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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Member of
Contributors
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1976
Description
Language of spatial movement, the arbitrary placement of
values on a vertical scale, operates in the fiction of
James as a means of expressing central themes, as well as
minor themes that "depend" from them. The placement of
something on a scale, either high or low, indicates the
difficulty of permanence or of "fixing" in a world where
change is a necessary condition of life. In "The Lesson
of the Master" the idea of perfection as the apex of the
vertical scale develops conflicts and ironies. The artistnarrator
in "The Real Thing" thinks in terms of the
paradoxical perpendicular scale in practicing his art
of illustration. In "The Birthplace" Morris Gedge manifests
a more complex, ironical version of this idea in his obtuse
and non-fixed values.
values on a vertical scale, operates in the fiction of
James as a means of expressing central themes, as well as
minor themes that "depend" from them. The placement of
something on a scale, either high or low, indicates the
difficulty of permanence or of "fixing" in a world where
change is a necessary condition of life. In "The Lesson
of the Master" the idea of perfection as the apex of the
vertical scale develops conflicts and ironies. The artistnarrator
in "The Real Thing" thinks in terms of the
paradoxical perpendicular scale in practicing his art
of illustration. In "The Birthplace" Morris Gedge manifests
a more complex, ironical version of this idea in his obtuse
and non-fixed values.
Language
Type
Form
Extent
70 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
13806
Additional Information
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Date Backup
1976
Date Text
1976
Date Issued (EDTF)
1976
Extension
FAU
FAU
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IID
FADT13806
Issuance
monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Person Preferred Name
JOHNSON, JO LYNN.
Graduate College
Physical Description
70 p.
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Title Plain
IMAGERY AND IDEA OF SCALE IN THREE STORIES BY HENRY JAMES
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Origin Information
1976
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
IMAGERY AND IDEA OF SCALE IN THREE STORIES BY HENRY JAMES
Other Title Info
IMAGERY AND IDEA OF SCALE IN THREE STORIES BY HENRY JAMES