Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
Henry James's concern with "age," both as concept and in regard
to character, involves variable temporal factors such as simple
chronological age as opposed to, for instance, psychological age.
The particular manifestations of age can be categorized ucder the
headings of ambiguity, transformation and paradox. These techniques
arise throughout James's fiction as a result of underlying polarity.
Polarity, which is characterized by interpenetrated possibilities,
can be linked to William James's pragmatism, thereby elucidating
Henry's tendency toward pragmatistic thought. Works chosen to
represent ambiguities of age are The Awkward Age, "The Middle Years,"
and "The Jolly Corner"; transformation, "The Last of the Valerii,"
"The Aspern Papers," The Golden Bowl , and The Ambassadors; paradox,
"Daisy Miller, "The Pupil," The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl.
to character, involves variable temporal factors such as simple
chronological age as opposed to, for instance, psychological age.
The particular manifestations of age can be categorized ucder the
headings of ambiguity, transformation and paradox. These techniques
arise throughout James's fiction as a result of underlying polarity.
Polarity, which is characterized by interpenetrated possibilities,
can be linked to William James's pragmatism, thereby elucidating
Henry's tendency toward pragmatistic thought. Works chosen to
represent ambiguities of age are The Awkward Age, "The Middle Years,"
and "The Jolly Corner"; transformation, "The Last of the Valerii,"
"The Aspern Papers," The Golden Bowl , and The Ambassadors; paradox,
"Daisy Miller, "The Pupil," The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl.
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