Henry James and the Philosophy of Literary Pragmatism
This book examines the interdisciplinary foundations of pragmatism from a literary perspective, tracing the characters and settings that populate the narratives of pragmatist thought in Henry James’s work. Cultivated during a postwar era of industrial cha
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Henry James and the Philosophy of Literary Pragmatism
Gregory Phipps
Henry James and the Philosophy of Literary Pragmatism
Gregory Phipps University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-137-59447-1 ISBN 978-1-137-59023-7 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-59023-7
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The generous assistance of many people made the completion of this book possible. First, I thank my doctoral supervisor, Peter Gibian, who has seen this study through several incarnations over a span of some ten years, combining all the while an incisive eye for detail with a far-ranging view of the big picture. His kindness, support, and knowledge of American literature and history are a continuous inspiration for me. Allan Hepburn also helped guide this study through several stages with rigorous feedback and an infectious enthusiasm for Henry James’s literature. Like so many others, I also benefited from his diligence, integrity, and commitment to improvement during his time as Chair of the English Department at McGill University. I thank the other members of my dissertation committee for their questions and advice: Thomas Heise, David Hensley, and George di Giovanni. Miranda Hickman provided warm and discerning feedback on my Compulsory Research Project, helping to shape the present study. I am grateful to Jesse Molesworth of Indiana University for the many conversations we have had about literature, theory, and the academy, and for his ongoing interest in my work. Darryl Whetter of Université Sainte-Anne shared indispensible advice about writing, critical analysis, and literature, always with an
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