The novels of James's significant part within the context of fin-de-siècle decadence, this publication illuminates important concerns within the James corpus and principal features of a wealthy and fraught cultural second. via a detailed exam of the textures of the novels, Kventsel defines and explores their psycho-cultural box of which means.
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