The Continuum of Consciousness: Aesthetic Experience and Visual Art in Henry James's Novels examines the transformative experience of art in James's fiction. By highlighting and analyzing his representations of aesthetic consciousness in four novels at specific moments this book ultimately explores the idea that for James art represents «every conscious human activity», as Wells replied to James.

Autorentext

Jennifer Eimers earned her PhD in English from the University of Georgia, where she specialized in nineteenth-century American literature. She received her MA in English from Creighton University and her BA in English from Grand View University. She is Assistant Professor of English at Missouri Valley College. Her scholarship has been published in The Henry James Review, Searching for America: Essays on American Art and Architecture (2007), and A Companion to Henry James (2008).

Zusammenfassung
Examines the transformative experience of art in James' fiction. By highlighting and analyzing his representations of aesthetic consciousness in four novels at specific moments, this book explores the idea that for James art represents every conscious human activity".

Inhalt

Contents: The Art in James's Experience - Aesthetic Experience in The Portrait of a Lady - The Influence of Architecture in The Bostonians - (Re)presenting Miriam Rooth in The Tragic Muse - Pater and Ruskin in The Wings of the Dove -.