Male Authors, Female Subjects: The Woman Within/Beyond the Borders of Henry Adams, Henry James, and Others.

Abstract

Preface. Acknowledgments. PART 1 MALE AUTHORS AND FEMALE SUBJECTS. 1 Male Authors and Female Subjects: Professor X in No Man's Land. PART 2 THE DUTCH LENS. 2 Sneezes and Lies: Female Voices in Multatuli's Max Havelaar. 3 She Was That Awful Danger: Masculine Limits of Female Representation in Frederik van Eeden's Van de koele meren des doods. PART 3 HENRY JAMES. 4 Annexation and Possession: The Appropriation of Women in Henry James's The Wings of the Dove. PART 4 HENRY ADAMS. 5 No Refuge in Marriage: Henry Adams's Esther and Self-Reflexivity. 6 Measuring the Virgin: Henry Adams on Samoa. 7 Structural Silence: The Female Voice in The Education of Henry Adams. Bibliography. Index.