Henry James and the Philosophical Novel

By Merle A. Williams

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521431107
• ISBN13: 9780521431101
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"