Living for the Dead in Henry James’s "Maud-Evelyn"
Dans "Maud-Evelyn" (1900), Henry James met en scène l’improbable mariage d’un aristocrate anglais désargenté et d’un fantôme. Décédée alors qu’elle n’était encore qu’une enfant, Maud-Evelyn Dedrick se voit offrir, par ses parents endeuillés, une vie posthume dont le point culminant est son...
Main Author: | Thomas Constantinesco |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
2016-09-01
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Series: | Caliban: French Journal of English Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/caliban/5558 |
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