The success of a work of art, to my mind, may be measured by the degree to which it produces a certain illusion; that makes it appear to us that we have lived another life, that we have had a miraculous enlargement of experience. Henry James A concept of »illusion » was fundamental to the theory and practice of literary representation in Henry James. This book offers readings of James » fictional and critical texts that are informed by the certainty of illusion, and links James » mode of illusion with a number of concerns that have marked novel criticism in both the recent and not-so-recent past: gender, publicity, realism, aesthetics and passion, cults of authorial personality, the narrative construction of the future, and absorption. Flannery addresses each of these concerns through close engagement with particular texts: The Portrait of a Lady, The Tragic Muse, The Wings of the Dove, and some other less familiar texts. Although cognizant of debates that have raged around James as he is read both by »radical » and »traditional » critics, this book »s primary focus is on the specific nuances of James’ texts and the interpretive challenges and pleasures they offer.
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