Published: 2024-04-04

The Joy of Looking. On Henry James’s "Italian Hours"

Jacek Gutorow Logo ORCID
Section: Articles and Studies
https://doi.org/10.31261/FLPI.2024.07.05

Abstract

This short article interprets Henry James’s Italian Hours (1909) as a series of insights into a phenomenology of seeing, treating the latter as both opening towards the surrounding reality and an act of self-consciousness. James’s phenomenological awareness is informed by his sense of joy, which turns out to be something more than mere delight with beautiful sights and scenes – it is in fact a joy of discovering the world’s freshness and novelty.

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Gutorow, J. (2024). The Joy of Looking. On Henry James’s "Italian Hours". Fabrica Litterarum Polono-Italica, (1(7), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.31261/FLPI.2024.07.05

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No. 1(7) (2024)
Published: 2024-06-03


eISSN: 2658-185X
Ikona DOI 10.31261/FLPI

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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