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BL
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954763
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b709133
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Jottkandt, Sigi,1965-
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Acting beautifully : : Henry James and the ethical aesthetic /\ Sigi Jottkandt.
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| Publication Statement
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, ©2005.
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| Series Statement
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SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture
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1 online resource (xvii, 177 pages)
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| ISBN
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0791465578
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: 1423747836
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: 9780791465578
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: 9781423747833
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9780791482759
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-171) and index.
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| Contents
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Portrait of an act: representation and ethics in The Portrait of a Lady -- "A poor girl with her rent to pay": The Wings of the Dove -- Lighting a candle to infinity: "The Altar of the Dead."
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"What is the matter with the women in Henry James? In The Portrait of a Lady, The Wings of the Dove, and his short story "The Altar of the Dead," one woman returns to a monster of a husband, another dies rather than confront the truth of her lover's engagement, while yet another stakes her all on having a candle lit for a dead lover, only to promptly reject it. Exploring these strange choices, Sigi Jottkandt argues that the singularity of these acts lies in their ethical nature, and that the ethical principle involved cannot be divorced from the question of aesthetics. She combines close readings of James with suggestive tours through Kantian aesthetics and set theory to uncover the aesthetic underpinning of the Lacanian ethical act, which has been largely overlooked in the current drive to discover a Cartesian origin for the subject as the subject of science."--Jacket.
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James, Henry,1843-1916-- Aesthetics.
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James, Henry,1843-1916-- Criticism and interpretation.
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James, Henry,1843-1916-- Ethics.
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James, Henry,1843-1916-- Critique et interprétation.
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James, Henry,1843-1916-- Esthétique.
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James, Henry,1843-1916-- Morale.
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Andrae, A.
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James, Henry, 1843-1916
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James, Henry,1843-1916.
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James, Henry.
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Conduct of life in literature.
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Didactic fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Ethics in literature.
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Morale dans la littérature.
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Morale pratique dans la littérature.
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Roman didactique américain-- Histoire et critique.
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Aesthetics.
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Ästhetik
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Conduct of life in literature.
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Didactic fiction, American.
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Ethics in literature.
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Ethics.
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Ethik
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Roman.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.4
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| LC Classification
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PS2124.J87 2005eb
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| NLM classification
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HT 5855rvk
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