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The Marine Metaphor, Henry James, and the Moral Center of The Awkward Age
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The Marine Metaphor, Henry James, and the Moral Center of The Awkward Age

Philological quarterly, Vol.69(1), p.91
01/01/1990

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Attitudes Fiction James, Henry (1843-1916) James, Henry (writer) Literary criticism Metaphor
Henry James uses the marine metaphor in fiction as a way of charting his attitude toward living. James also uses this metaphor to signal the moral responsibility of characters, such as Nanda Brookenham in "The Awkward Age."

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