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A STUDY OF EMPIRICISM IN HENRY JAMES’ NOVEL THE AMERICAN
Dr. Kailash
Page No. : 105-110
ABSTRACT
Henry James committed himself to making his way as an author outside America. Thus it formed a part of the brief that James drew up both for and against his countrymen and evinces the influence of French literature on James as he oscillated between the genres of the romance and realistic novel, the many- layered French political scene that he incorporated into the novel, the complex gender roles of his characters, and the pervasive effect of capitalism upon them. Its simple romance is the history of man’s dream of better worlds, travel to strange lands, and marriage to high and noble ladies. The American reveals a deep affection for American innocence and deep awareness that such innocence carries with it a fund of ignorance. Its novelty lay in its international character. It is a masterpiece of American romanticism in which James shows us his profound grasp of what he was ultimately to call the Americano-European legend
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