A bald assertion like "Perhaps Henry James might better be described as the greatest feminine novelist of any age. If anything, such sniping gets in derstand the man, his writing, or his age.

This important new book argues that Henry James' fiction reveals a sophisticated theory of ... and will interest philosophers as well as literary critics. Moreover, the style is completely ...

there are scintillating readings in Henry James and Queer Modernity, not least of Roderick Hudson, The Tragic Muse and The Ambassadors. These are combined with shrewd insights, considerable erudition ...