In Henry James and Sexuality, Hugh Stevens argues for a new
interpretation of James's fiction. Stevens argues that James's
writing contains daring and radical representations of
transgressive desires and marginalized sexual identities. He
demonstrates the importance of incestuous desire, masochistic
fantasy, and same-sex passions in a body of fiction which
ostensibly conforms to, while ironically mocking, the contemporary
moral and publishing codes James faced. James critiques the very
notion of sexual identity, and depicts the radical play of desires
which exceed and disrupt any stable construction of identity. In a
number of his major novels and tales, Stevens argues, James
anticipates the main features of modern 'gay' or 'queer' fiction
through plots and narrative strategies, which opposes heterosexual
marriage and homo-erotic friendship. This original and exciting
work will transform our understanding of this most enigmatic of
writers.
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