'The Happy Mixture': Fiction and the Popular Media Arts in James's 'John Delavoy'

During the 1890s, James wrote several articles and metafictional stories analyzing mass print's changes to literature in his times. This essay examines a subset of such pieces, ones that seem to focus on the dramatic arts but do so in the context of emerging media technologies and business form...

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Published in:	The Henry James review 2021-09, Vol.42 (3), p.252-264
Main Author:	Chung, June Hee
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	American literature British & Irish literature Dramatists Essays Fiction French literature Imagery James, Henry (1843-1916) Literary characters Literary devices Morality Narrative techniques Novels Plot (Narrative) Publishing Theater Trends Wharton, Edith (1862-1937) Writers Writing
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Summary:	During the 1890s, James wrote several articles and metafictional stories analyzing mass print's changes to literature in his times. This essay examines a subset of such pieces, ones that seem to focus on the dramatic arts but do so in the context of emerging media technologies and business forms. Common imagery, plot, and characters in "John Delavoy," the major phase novels, and his article on Alexandre Dumas fils show textual traces of James adding to his repertoire of literary devices. Besides simulating print illustrations' visual effects, he mimics a theatrically performed human voice, anticipating today's digitized, multi-mediated focus on sensoria.
ISSN:	0273-0340 1080-6555 1080-6555