Henry James and the Philosophical Novel (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521431101)

Henry James and the Philosophical Novel breaks fresh ground by examining James's unique position as a philosophical novelist, closely associated with the climate of ideas generated by his brother William. It considers storytelling as a mode of philosophical enquiry, showing how a range of distinguished thinkers have relied on fictional narrative as a technique for formulating and clarifying their ideas; and investigates (with close reference to his novels) the affiliations between James's practice as a novelist and contemporary epistemological, moral, and linguistic concerns.

Author: Merle A. Williams
ISBN-10: 0521431107
ISBN-13: 9780521431101
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/30/1993
Pages: 262
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d