Henry James across borders
:This essay explores the opposition between the figures of the cosmopolitan and the patriot in a selection of James’s letters and travel writings. It focuses on the crossing of borders as revelatory of the mutual haunting of the “native” and the “alien.” But crossing the frontier also entails encoun...
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| Language: | English |
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Université Clermont Auvergne
2020
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| Summary: | :This essay explores the opposition between the figures of the
cosmopolitan and the patriot in a selection of James’s letters and travel writings.
It focuses on the crossing of borders as revelatory of the mutual haunting of the
“native” and the “alien.” But crossing the frontier also entails encountering the
representatives of State violence. Through James’s mise en scène of his
ambivalent fascination for the martial figure of the soldier, the frontier becomes
a critical locus for the queering of identities and affiliations. |
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