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Author:   Gregory Phipps
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   4.602kg
ISBN:  

9781137594471

ISBN 10:   1137594470
Pages:   261
Publication Date:   06 June 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of 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                                                                                                                  

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Gregory Phipps is an Independent Scholar based in Canada. His numerous articles have appeared in publications such as The Henry James Review, Textual Practice, Philosophy and Literature, and Literature/Film Quarterly.

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