JOURNAL ARTICLE

"As if she had been Helen on the walls of Troy": Offstage Narratology in The Other House (1896).

  • Published In: Henry James Review, 2025, v. 46, n. 1. P. 62 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Chambre, Sarah 3 of 3

Abstract

James's The Other House was conceived when he was preoccupied with theater—writing his own plays, frequently attending plays and writing reviews, and in a close friendship with actress/producer Elizabeth Robins, involved in the shaping of Ibsen for the London stage. This paper argues that we should attend to the theatrical devices in this novel—the tension of absence vs. presence, narrative foregrounding of character entries and exits and tableaux, and intertext with contemporary groundbreaking Ibsen plays. James creates an organic structure of material props and abstractions to scaffold his story, a harbinger of his late period style. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Henry James Review. 2025/01, Vol. 46, Issue 1, p62
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0273-0340
  • DOI:10.1353/hjr.2025.a950898
  • Accession Number:182884552
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