Henry James and the queerness of style /
Ohi, Kevin,1972-
Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press,
c2011.
"Kevin Ohi proposes that to read Henry James - particularly the late texts - is to confront the queer potential of style and the traces it leaves on the literary life. Ohi asserts that James's queerness is to be found neither in the homoerotic thematics of the texts nor in the suggestions of same-sex desire in the author's biography, but in his style."--pub. desc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-212) and index.
Introduction: On the erotics of literary of style -- Writing queerness: zeugma and syllepsis in The golden bowl -- The burden of residuary comment: syntactical idiosyncrasies in The wings of the dove -- Hover, torment, waste: late writings and the great war -- Lambert Strether's belatedness: The ambassadors and the queer afterlife of style.
"Kevin Ohi proposes that to read Henry James - particularly the late texts - is to confront the queer potential of style and the traces it leaves on the literary life. Ohi asserts that James's queerness is to be found neither in the homoerotic thematics of the texts nor in the suggestions of same-sex desire in the author's biography, but in his style."--pub. desc.
James, Henry, 1843-1916
James, Henry, 1843-1916
Homosexuality and literature
Male homosexuality, in literature.