SREDNJA ZEMLJA IZMEĐU ŽIVOTA I SMRTI: VENECIJA U KRILIMA GOLUBICE
THE MIDDLE LAND BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH: VENICE IN JAMES' THE WINGS OF THE DOVE
Author(s): Biljana Dojčinović-NešićSubject(s): Philosophy of Language, Theory of Literature, British Literature, American Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Keywords: Henry James; Venice; E. Grosz; interface; city; life; death;
Summary/Abstract: The theoretical frame of the essay is E. Grosz' concept of the relation between body and city as ”a two-way linkage that could be defined as an interface. The thesis of the paper is that Venice in The Wings of the Dove is neither a mere frame nor just an expression of Milly Theale's destiny, but a character of its own. For Milly Theale, her Venetian Palazzo is a perfect shell within which she feels she might almost resolve the life and death opposition, whereas for James himself Venice is like a demanding lover.
Journal: Theoria
- Issue Year: 48/2005
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 29-35
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Serbian
