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1、Eimers_CPI_Hardcover:AUSdd.qxd7/16/20132:30PMPage1EimersTheContinuumofConsciousness:AestheticExperienceandVisualArtinAMERICANUNIVERSITYSTUDIESHenryJames’sNovelsexaminesthetransformativeexperienceofartinJames’sfiction.Ina1915lettertoH.G.Wells,Jamesdeclares,“

2、Itisartthatmakeslife.”Thisbooktracestherichimplicationsofthisclaim.ForJames,viewingarttransformedtheself.Manyofhiscontemporaries,includinghisfamousolderbrother,William,weredeeplyinterestedinthestudyofper-TheContinuumofConsciousnessceptionandindividualconsci

3、ousness.James’sfictionaluseofartreflectsthesephilosophicaldiscussions.AlthoughmuchvaluablescholarshiphasbeendevotedtovisualartinJames’sfiction,theguidingroleitoftenplaysinhischaracters’experiencesreceivesfullerexplorationinthisbook.Apro-longedlookatvisualar

4、tandconsciousnessthroughthelensofnineteenth-centuryBritishaestheticismrevealsintriguingconnectionsandcharacterresponses.Byhighlightingandanalyzinghisrepresentationsofaestheticcon-sciousnessinfournovelsatspecificmoments(suchasBasilRansom’sandVerenaTarrant’sc

5、ontrastingresponsestoHarvard’sMemorialHallinTheBostoniansandMillyTheale’sidentificationwithaBronzinopaintinginTheWingsoftheDove),thisbookultimatelyexplorestheideathatforJamesartrepresents“everyconscioushumanactivity,”asWellsrepliedtoJames.JENNIFEREIMERSearn

6、edherPh.D.inEnglishfromtheUniversityofGeorgia,whereshespecializedinnineteenth-centuryAmericanliterature.ShereceivedherM.A.inEnglishfromCreightonUniversityandherB.A.inEnglishfromGrandViewUniversity.SheisAssistantProfessorofEng-lishatMissouriValleyCollege.Her

7、scholarshiphasbeenpublishedinTheHenryJamesReview,SearchingforAmerica:EssaysonAmericanArtandTheContinuumArchitecture(2007),andACompaniontoHenryJames(2008).iv•198ofConsciousnessAestheticExperienceandVisualArtPETERLANGinHenryJames’sNovelsAMERICANUNIVERSITYwww.

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