tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5029540976238237254..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Everything suggested this or that - The Princess Casamassima's descriptionsAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-27953746565355897832017-01-19T08:33:40.682-06:002017-01-19T08:33:40.682-06:00Yes, Hyacinth turns into a quite pure representati...Yes, Hyacinth turns into a quite pure representation of the Jamesian sensibility. One great argument for the novel is to see mature James <i>develop</i> that sensibility in a young character; the other is to see the sensibility at work in a discordant environment, outside of the usual parlors and drawing rooms.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-45160919489095973382017-01-19T00:20:38.115-06:002017-01-19T00:20:38.115-06:00While the paragraph from Chapter 21 does, as you s...While the paragraph from Chapter 21 does, as you say, not feel Jamesian because it is too direct--more Trollopian, perhaps, or even Dickensian (not Latinate enough for Hardy), but without doubt your final quote "everything struck him, penetrated, stirred," etc. is James through and through. I've been afraid to read this book, and so far you are not making much of a case for it, except maybe for its oddity among the Master's canon.cwilson284https://www.blogger.com/profile/01095943424268993611noreply@blogger.com