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1、IntertextualizingThePrincessCasamassima:RealismandReference(s)byAnne-ClaireLeResteAsHyacinthstrollsaboutMedley,wearetoldthat“[h]iswholewalkwaspeopledwithrecognitions”(PC301)—whichisjusthowreadersmakingtheirwaythroughThePrincessCasamassimaarelikelytofeel.TintnerandEdel
2、calledit“James’s‘library’book”(79),anditisindeed,inBrodhead’swords,“themostvariouslyandvisiblyderivativeofallhisnovels”(144)1—atextpepperedwithreferencestowritersandbooks,hintsscatteredalongthepath,readytobepickedup,glaringdefianceatcritics.ThusHyacinthrecallsreadingo
3、uttoPinnie“theworksofDickensandScott”(153),andseesacharacterinMadeiraCrescentwhichmakeshimthinkofMr.Micawber(417,477).ItisprobablyadifferentkindofliteraturethatisreferredtowhenwearetoldaboutPinnie’s“convictionthat[Hyacinth]belonged,‘bythelefthand’,asshehadreadinanovel
4、,toanancientandexaltedrace”(58).Isheacquaintedwiththeseworks?Onemightthinkso,sinceLadyAurora’smannersremindhimof“that‘bestbreeding’whichhehadseenalludedtoinnovelsportrayingthearistocracy”(266),andSholto’s“romanticchambers”,“somehowofBulwer’snovels”(232).Weknowatanyrat
5、ethatatfifteenhereadthe“essaysofLordBacon”(114),andprobablyalotmore,forhefindshimselfdiscussing“theRuskiniantheoriesofVenice”withLadyAurora(427),andSchopenhauerwiththePrincess(329,394).Frenchliteraturefeaturesprominentlyinhisprivatelibrary,consistentlywithhisbelieftha
6、t“helook[s]likeaFrenchman…likeoneofthosehehadreadaboutinMicheletandCarlyle”(102).Atthetheater,hemusesthat“[b]eingwhistledforbyaprincess”is“anindignityenduredgracefullyenoughbytheheroesofseveralFrenchnovelsinwhichhehadfoundathrillinginterest”(188).HeisdisappointedthatL
7、adyAurora’sshelvesdonotboasttheworksof“certainmembersofanintenselymodernschool,advancedandscientificrealists,”althoughshedoes“possessafewofBalzac’snovels”(264).WhileinParis,herecalls“hisstudyoftheFrenchnovel”andhas“avaguesenseoffraternizingwithBalzacandAlfreddeMusset”
8、ashesitsatTortoni’s(380).HesacrificestolocalcolorbyreadingtheworksofLeopardiinVenice(395),butbackinLondon,hismomentsspentwit
