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Smit addresses the abstraction and complexity of Henry James late style through three basic critical approaches: style as identification, as expression, and as imitation.Those critics who focus on James style as identification are concerned with the unique or distinctive elements of his prose. Smit argues that the basis for choosing these features is subjective. The features studied are not evenly distributed in James work, and at the level of most literary analysis the perception of the style varies from one reading to the next.Style as expression stresses the aesthetic quality or personality of the writer. Smit compares five kinds of writing James produced during the winter of 18991900 and shows that the variety of his writing cannot be correlated with any specific expression of personality.Smit surveys the Jamesian devices for representing mental activity and concludes that they are independent of his style. The most convincing explanation for James style is psychological. As a shy man, James developed a way of talking that kept people at a distance, and this carried over into his writing.
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Theories of Style and the Late Writing of Henry James
David W. Smit
Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale and Edwardsville
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Copyright 1988 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Design and production by Linda Jorgensen-Buhman
Permission to quote from the following sources is gratefully acknowledged. "The Canal at Rye," by Marvin Bell. Permission of the author. Material in chapter 4 appeared as "The Later Styles of Henry James," Style 21 (1987):95106. Permission from the publisher. Figure 4 is taken from M. A. Just and P. A. Carpenter, ''A Theory of Reading: From Eye Fixations to Comprehension," Psychological Review 87 (1980):32954. Permission from M. A. Just.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smit, David William. The language of a master.
Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. James, Henry, 1843-1916Style. 2. Style, Literary. I. Title. PS2128.S65 1988 813.4 87-26524 ISBN 0-8093-1399-5
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirement of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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Contents
Illustrations
vii
Foreword
ix
Acknowledgments
xiv
Abbreviations
xv
1. Introduction
1
2. Theories of Style
8
3. Style as Identification
37
4. Style as Expression
53
5. Style as Imitation
80
6. Conclusion The Limits of Stylistic Criticism
119
Appendix A The Variety of James' Fiction
133
Appendix B The Variety of James' Writing as a Whole
136
Notes
145
Bibliography
155
Index
161
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Illustrations
Tables
1. Comparison of Passages Cited by Chatman and Crow
49
2. Features of James' Writing in Various Genres
68
3. A Comparison of Passages from The Wings of the Dove
135
4. Features of James' Letters
138
5. Features of James' Notebooks
139
6. Features of James' Travel Writing
140
7. Features of James' Criticism
141
8. Features of One of James' Stories
142
9. Statistical Tests of Difference Between James' Private and Published Writing
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