Speaking Surfaces in James’s Siena

Speaking Surfaces in James’s Siena

This essay examines anthropomorphised sites and buildings in “Siena Early and Late,” which convey a spectral quality that shines through apparently resistant surfaces. The challenge to penetration is welcomed more than deplored by James. He side-steps opportunities for in-depth probing, deriving pro...

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Hoofdauteur: Buelens, Gert
Formaat: Article ou chapitre numérique
Taal:Anglais
Gepubliceerd in: Viatica 2023
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Histoire
James (Henry)
rhétorique
figuration
spectral
schème paulinien
history
rhetoric
Pauline scheme
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:viatica_1162 https://doi.org/10.52497/viatica1162 urn:doi:10.52497/viatica1162 en https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/1162 2023-07-05T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/lrzt https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Speaking Surfaces in James’s Siena Viatica Université Clermont Auvergne info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2275-0827 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/viatica Buelens, Gert Histoire James (Henry) rhétorique figuration spectral schème paulinien history James (Henry) rhetoric figuration spectral Pauline scheme This essay examines anthropomorphised sites and buildings in “Siena Early and Late,” which convey a spectral quality that shines through apparently resistant surfaces. The challenge to penetration is welcomed more than deplored by James. He side-steps opportunities for in-depth probing, deriving profit from submission to an overpowering sense of historical significance and aesthetic meaning. That sense is sustained by the rhetorical power of the linguistic composition that takes place in James’s figurally excessive travel-writing. Cet article s’intéresse à l’anthropomorphisme auquel James a recours dans l’essai “Siena Early and Late” pour évoquer les lieux et les bâtiments, leur conférant un aspect spectral qui se manifeste malgré l’apparente résistance des surfaces. Loin de déplorer l’obstacle opposé à la pénétration de l’objet, James, éludant les possibilités d’analyse en profondeur, trouve avantage à se laisser submerger par la force du sens historique et de la révélation esthétique relayés par la construction rhétorique du discours et l’excès figural qui caractérise ce récit de voyage.
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topic Histoire
James (Henry)
rhétorique
figuration
spectral
schème paulinien
history
James (Henry)
rhetoric
figuration
spectral
Pauline scheme
spellingShingle Histoire
James (Henry)
rhétorique
figuration
spectral
schème paulinien
history
James (Henry)
rhetoric
figuration
spectral
Pauline scheme
Buelens, Gert
Speaking Surfaces in James’s Siena
description This essay examines anthropomorphised sites and buildings in “Siena Early and Late,” which convey a spectral quality that shines through apparently resistant surfaces. The challenge to penetration is welcomed more than deplored by James. He side-steps opportunities for in-depth probing, deriving profit from submission to an overpowering sense of historical significance and aesthetic meaning. That sense is sustained by the rhetorical power of the linguistic composition that takes place in James’s figurally excessive travel-writing.
author Buelens, Gert
author_facet Buelens, Gert
author_sort Buelens, Gert
title Speaking Surfaces in James’s Siena
title_short Speaking Surfaces in James’s Siena
title_full Speaking Surfaces in James’s Siena
title_fullStr Speaking Surfaces in James’s Siena
title_full_unstemmed Speaking Surfaces in James’s Siena
title_sort speaking surfaces in james’s siena
publisher Viatica
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