Henry james and the visual
Auteur :
Johnson, Kendall
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521283397
Date de publication :
16 juin 2011
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
396 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In the decades after the Civil War, how did Americans see the world and their place in it? For Henry James, visual experience is crucial to the American communal identity. This study reaches startling conclusions not just about James, but about how America defined itself in the nineteenth century.