The Disruption of the Feminine in Henry James

by Priscilla L. Walton

The women of Henry James's novels have intrigued critics for a hundred years. Priscilla Walton brings a post-structuralist feminist perspective to James's work. Drawing on the theories of Jacques Derrida, Helene Cixous, Julia Kristeva, and Luce Irigaray, she focuses on the constructed Otherness of the Feminine.

Traditional critics of James have tried to unify and hence confine his works but in so doing they have ignored the polyvalent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487585756
• ISBN13: 9781487585754
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher