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The place of a servant in the scale

Authors :
Burrows, Stuart
Source :
Nineteenth-Century Literature. June, 2008, Vol. 63 Issue 1, p73, 103 p.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

The article explores the integral role played by servants and shopkeepers in Henry James' fiction of the late 1890s, arguing that this depiction of lower-class life indicates James's interest in consciousness. It demonstrates that these characters provide the protagonists a fixed scale by which to measure the growth of their own consciousness.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
08919356
Volume :
63
Issue :
1
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Nineteenth-Century Literature
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.183516247