American Literature / Unit 11 AML 1033 short lesson, about 20 seconds
James's Late Style
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The idea
James's late novels are written in long, qualified sentences that track a consciousness weighing impressions, with the important events often happening offstage. The difficulty is the method: the subject is what a mind makes of what it half sees.
In practice
Long sentences, tracking a mind at work.
Where people slip
The plot's events move out of view on purpose.
Your place on the trail
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