Henry James's permanent adolescence
By: John R. Bradley.
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.; James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Characters -- Men.; James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Psychology.; Homosexuality and literature -- United States -- History.; Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism.; Adolescence in literature.; Narcissism in literature.; Young men in literature.; Desire in literature.; Boys in literature.; Sex in literature.
Description: "Henry James remained throughout his life focused on his boyhood and early manhood, and correspondingly on younger boys and men. John R. Bradley illustrates how it is in the context of such narcissism that James consistently dealt with male desire in his fiction.

He also traces a more subtle but related trajectory in James's writing from a Classical to a Modernist gay discourse, which in turn is shown to have been paralleled by a shift in James's fiction from naturalistic beginnings to later stylistic evasion and obscurity."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-160) and index.