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Rowe examines James from the perspectives of the psychology of literary influence, feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, literary phenomenology and impressionism, and reader-response criticism, transforming a literary monument into the telling point of intersection for modern... Read Full Overview

Drawing on Henry James's reputation as a master of modern literature, John Carlos Rowe investigates the way in which various theoretical approaches formulate different conceptions of the "major author." Rowe examines James from the perspectives of the psychology of literary influence,... Read Full Overview