Henry James, OM, son of theologian Henry James Sr., brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an American-born author, one of the founders and leaders of a school of realism in fiction. He spent much of his life in England and became a British subject shortly before his death. He is primarily known for a series of major novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe. His plots centered on personal relationships, the proper exercise of power in such relationships, and other moral questions. His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allowed him to explore the phenomena of consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting.
James insisted that writers in Great Britain and America should be allowed the greatest freedom possible in presenting their view of the world, as French authors were. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators in his own novels and tales brought a new depth and interest to realistic fiction, and foreshadowed the modernist work of the twentieth century. An extraordinarily productive writer, in addition to his voluminous works of fiction he published articles and books of travel writing, biography, autobiography, and criticism,and wrote plays, some of which were performed during his lifetime with moderate success. His theatrical work is thought to have profoundly influenced his later novels and tales.
The narrator is a young governess, sent off to a country house to take charge of two orphaned children. She finds a pleasant house and a comfortable housekeeper, while the children are beautiful and charming. But she soon begins to feel the presence of intense evil.
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得到聽書: 第一, 美國作傢亨利·詹姆斯去世後被文學史追認的重要地位,並不是因為他的作品有多麼廣泛的群眾基礎,而是因為他是文學流派從現實主義嚮現代主義轉型的一個特彆關鍵的人物;詹姆斯留下的文本,大量運用心理分析手段,視角直抵人類的內心深處,對於二十世紀盛行的...
評分at first i wondered they were ghost stories.later, i guess they were psychopathic stories. finally, when i finished them, i realized they were simply psychopathic ghost stories. very thrilling one.
評分 評分《螺絲在擰緊》是一篇著名哥特小說的名字。以此標題為文集題目,國內齣瞭個哥特中短篇小說的集子。 這本文集的序言告訴我們,哥特小說最流行的時候應該是上個世紀瞭。它誕生於十八世紀中葉,是一種風格獨特的小說題材。“這種小說通常以古堡,廢墟或荒野為背景,故事往往發生在...
評分《螺絲在擰緊》是一篇著名哥特小說的名字。以此標題為文集題目,國內齣瞭個哥特中短篇小說的集子。 這本文集的序言告訴我們,哥特小說最流行的時候應該是上個世紀瞭。它誕生於十八世紀中葉,是一種風格獨特的小說題材。“這種小說通常以古堡,廢墟或荒野為背景,故事往往發生在...
圖書標籤: HenryJames 美國文學 英文原版 小說 美國 哥特 literature 文學
將這部作品界定為心理小說其實過於狹隘。舊屋及鬼魅的設定(The Mysteries of Udolpho)、master和governess的關係(Jane Eyre)都讓人聯想到一些知名前作,而在敘事結構(套中套)、語言風格(迂迴、多義性)、主題(惡的傳染性與天真的失落)、初衷(雜誌刊載的Romantic Gothic)等方麵又與後輩暗相呼應(康拉德)。閱讀的挑戰在於剝開外層敘事者“我”的插話“誤導”及主觀抄錄、Douglas轉述過程中的潛在立場、governess的不可信敘述以及the written statement "in medias res"的性質,在the sanity of the governess和the reality of the ghosts之間進行權衡。
評分I was ready to enjoy a ghost story, but then found it was a quite confusing one #頭疼
評分1898年齣版,這種古早英語➕哥特鬼故事真的難讀,已經看瞭好幾天,依然是一打開看兩頁就想關上…//看完留言,越分析腦洞越大,之前想打3星來著現在直接五星!
評分???結尾太突然瞭吧
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