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200 10$aDelicate pursuit $ediscretion in Henry James and Edith Wharton /$fJessica Levine
210  1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2002.
215   $a1 online resource (251 p.)
225 1 $aStudies in major literary authors : outstanding dissertations ;$vv. 13
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-415-86497-6 
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-228) and index.
327   $apt. 1. Censorship/self-censorship in James and Wharton -- pt. 2. French classicism and the discreet imagination -- pt. 3. Displacements of the adultery plot.
330   $aDelicate Pursuit explores the way in which Henry James and Edith Wharton treated subject matter that was considered controversial by American publishers at the turn of the century. In their treatment of risque topics, James and Wharton pursued ""discretion"", the key concept of this study, in order to avoid censorship. Discretion marks not only  the author's relationship to their subject matter but also the behavior of the characters in the fiction. This study takes into particular account the influence of the French literary tradition on these two authors. At the crossroads of the new fre
410  0$aStudies in major literary authors ;$vv. 13.
606   $aDiscretion in literature
606   $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism
606   $aAmerican fiction$xFrench influences
606   $aAdultery in literature
606   $aRealism in literature
606   $aSex in literature
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aDiscretion in literature.
615  0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aAmerican fiction$xFrench influences.
615  0$aAdultery in literature.
615  0$aRealism in literature.
615  0$aSex in literature.
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