Summary
Fogel, Daniel Mark. Henry James
and the Structure of the Romantic
Imagination. Louisianna State University
Press. Baton Rouge:1991.
PS 2124 .F56
Summary by Joseph Sisk
In Henry James, Fogel examines James'
use of imagination in his works.
He shows how in some of the works
by James a certain amount of twentieth
century fiction can be seen. In
the book Fogel shows and examines
the plight of the characters in several
of James' books and how their lives
relate their level of achievement.
In this book several of James' works
are discussed. He begins with a
comparison of The Awkward Age and
The Ambassadors. He also discusses
The Wings of the Dove, and The Golden
Bowl. The final chapter is dedicated
to the discussion of James' use of
the Spiral Dialectic. In this final
chapter Fogel uses several more works
to illustrate how James' fiction
fits into the spiral mode of thought
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Jesse D. Hurlbut--Last Updated November 9, 1993