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There’s a certain received idea of James as a Victorian prude, unable to write about the passions of the body. Wings of the Dove, one of the most passionate novels in the canon, shows what a ridiculous caricature that is. It is also one of James’s most sophisticated and profound moral investigations. Two impoverished lovers, unable to wed, embroil themselves with a young woman who is fabulously wealthy and doomed by illness. This is a novel without villains in which profound wrongs are committed—a novel in which, in a world where traditional guiding values have been eroded, people still try to find ways, sometimes tragically mistaken, to love and be decent to one another. Note: I will be using the Penguin edition (ISBN: 9780141441283), which is backordered on Bookshop but available on Amazon and other sites. But differences between editions are fairly minor in the late novels, so any edition will be fine.
Schedule: Saturdays, 1:00 – 2:30pm ET
5/1: Books 1 – 3
5/8: Books 4 – 5
5/15: Books 6 – 8
5/22: Books 9 – 10 (end)
Scholarship applications will be open Monday, March 29 to Monday, April 12.
There’s a certain received idea of James as a Victorian prude, unable to write about the passions of the body. Wings of the Dove, one of the most passionate novels in the canon, shows what a ridiculous caricature that is. It is also one of James’s most sophisticated and profound moral investigations. Two impoverished lovers, unable to wed, embroil themselves with a young woman who is fabulously wealthy and doomed by illness. This is a novel without villains in which profound wrongs are committed—a novel in which, in a world where traditional guiding values have been eroded, people still try to find ways, sometimes tragically mistaken, to love and be decent to one another. Note: I will be using the Penguin edition (ISBN: 9780141441283), which is backordered on Bookshop but available on Amazon and other sites. But differences between editions are fairly minor in the late novels, so any edition will be fine.
Schedule: Saturdays, 1:00 – 2:30pm ET
5/1: Books 1 – 3
5/8: Books 4 – 5
5/15: Books 6 – 8
5/22: Books 9 – 10 (end)
Scholarship applications will be open Monday, March 29 to Monday, April 12.