03044oam 2200733I 450 991046258950332120200520144314.01-283-96790-10-203-61696-01-136-06714-010.4324/9780203616963 (CKB)2670000000330913(EBL)1112443(OCoLC)829461872(SSID)ssj0000821794(PQKBManifestationID)11473334(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821794(PQKBWorkID)10879788(PQKB)11632581(MiAaPQ)EBC1112443(Au-PeEL)EBL1112443(CaPaEBR)ebr10648272(CaONFJC)MIL428040(OCoLC)827235479(EXLCZ)99267000000033091320180706d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDelicate pursuit discretion in Henry James and Edith Wharton /Jessica LevineNew York :Routledge,2002.1 online resource (251 p.)Studies in major literary authors : outstanding dissertations ;v. 13Description based upon print version of record.0-415-86497-6 0-415-93860-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-228) and index.pt. 1. Censorship/self-censorship in James and Wharton -- pt. 2. French classicism and the discreet imagination -- pt. 3. Displacements of the adultery plot.Delicate Pursuit explores the way in which Henry James and Edith Wharton treated subject matter that was considered controversial by American publishers at the turn of the century. In their treatment of risque topics, James and Wharton pursued ""discretion"", the key concept of this study, in order to avoid censorship. Discretion marks not only the author's relationship to their subject matter but also the behavior of the characters in the fiction. This study takes into particular account the influence of the French literary tradition on these two authors. At the crossroads of the new freStudies in major literary authors ;v. 13.Discretion in literatureAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican fictionFrench influencesAdultery in literatureRealism in literatureSex in literatureElectronic books.Discretion in literature.American fictionHistory and criticism.American fictionFrench influences.Adultery in literature.Realism in literature.Sex in literature.813/.409353Levine Jessica1956-,915571MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462589503321Delicate pursuit2052460UNINA