Henry James and the philosophy of literary pragmatism. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gregory Phipps.
• Authors: Phipps, Gregory
• Contents: Introduction: Henry James and Literary Pragmatism -- "A Sort of Loosely Compacted Person": Charles Peirce's Protagonist and the Institutions of the American Community -- Milly Theale and "The Practical Question of Life": Anticipating Doubts and Saving Beliefs in The Wings of the Dove -- Cash Flow, Railways, and Gunshots -- for the Good: William James and the Dialectics of Emotion and Action -- Maggie Verver's "Vast Modern Machineries and Facilities": The Art of Love and the Passion of Evil in The Golden Bowl -- "The Habit of the Public Mind" in the Battlefields and Marketplaces: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s Pragmatic Judge and His Fellow Combatants -- "The State of the Account Between Society and Himself": Hyacinth Robinson's Soldier's Faith in The Princess Casamassima -- Conclusion: The Cast of Characters in Literary Pragmatism -- Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (XII, 261 pages)
• Subjects: 809.41; Pragmatism in literature; LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays; British literature; European literature; Literature; Literature -- Philosophy; Pragmatism; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137590237; 1137590238; 1137594470; 9781137594471
• Related ISBNs: 1137594470; 9781137594471
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.