num_pages: 288
description: Through analysis of metaphors of consciousness in the philosophy and fiction of William James, Henry James and Edith Wharton, this work traces the significance of representations of knowledge, gender and social class, revealing how writers conceived of the self in modern literature.
language: English
title: The Figure of Consciousness: William James, Henry James and Edith Wharton
titlecomplete: The Figure of Consciousness: William James, Henry James and Edith Wharton (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory)
publisher: Routledge