Henry James and the Abuse of the Past

by Peter Rawlings

Book Overview

Henry James and the Abuse of the Past explores the complex uses to which James puts his oblique experience of the American Civil War. Why does James use and abuse the past by fabricating and distorting people and events in his autobiographical work? The study integrates four elements: history, the past and problems of narration and representation; the homoerotics of the Civil war tales and other soldiering fiction; a life-long pre-occupation with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349523674
• ISBN13: 9781349523672
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"