The Catholic Side of Henry James

by Edwin Sill Fussell

Book Overview

The Catholic Side of Henry James is the first to reveal the profound Catholic imagery in James' work. Edwin Fussell argues that Henry James, though not a card-carrying Catholic, was a fellow-traveling Catholic of a certain literary type. Fussell is not trying to turn James into a Closet Catholic but is, rather, intent on questioning conventional critical assumptions about James' unquestioned secularity. He contends that the writer's career began with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521100585
• ISBN13: 9780521100588
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"