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This work is an exploration, through the novels of Henry James, of the representation of women in the literary text. I shall suggest that the attempt to reconcile the contradiction of woman’s existence, both as sign and as conscious subject, is central to many of James’s major novels.
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Allen, E. (1984). Introduction. In: A Woman’s Place in the Novels of Henry James. Macmillan Studies in American Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17469-0_1
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