The Undependable Bonds of Blood |
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Author:
| Fishkin, Benjamin Hart |
ISBN: | 978-3-8443-2290-3 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
Publisher: | Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Company KG
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $85.00 |
Book Description:
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The novels of Henry James provide a wide spectrum of figures that lack the flexibility to adapt and meet the needs of their children. Louise Barnett asserts that James s literary families are a group of people whose underlying constant is the tragic paradox that blood relations are both essential and unreliable (Barnett, 144). The figures placed within these settings are often a grotesque conglomerate of unsuccessful marriages and absentee relations in which parents practice unhealthy...
More DescriptionThe novels of Henry James provide a wide spectrum of figures that lack the flexibility to adapt and meet the needs of their children. Louise Barnett asserts that James s literary families are a group of people whose underlying constant is the tragic paradox that blood relations are both essential and unreliable (Barnett, 144). The figures placed within these settings are often a grotesque conglomerate of unsuccessful marriages and absentee relations in which parents practice unhealthy patterns of behavior and negatively influence their children before they have a chance to mature into full grown adults.