Abstract
The modernity of Henry James's subject matter, narrative technique and theory of fiction has already been discussed. But also in the realm of ideas this nineteenth-century author is close to our times, particularly in his concept of fatherhood. The condescension toward fathers, even the ridicule of them prevalent in modern forms of entertainment is already present in the genteel works of this Victorian gentleman. With only one notable exception, Adam Verver in The Golden Bowl, James's fictive fathers are either comic, cruel, or frustrated. Very little of the impeccable dignity associated with the Victorian paterfamilias is evident in these characters.
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