One of the more astute takes on James I've ever read. It's really interesting that he takes on belatedness as a theme as it is a major theme in Bloom's theory of influence. Mr Ohi's interpretation of belatedness fits in with Bloom in a very cool way: belatedness as the springboard toward the sublime.
Portrait of a lady. A shocking revelation chapter 42. He just springs it up in your face so sudden so unexpected and very moving. A great novelist where your mind simply scans page after page in a very fluid style needs careful reading.
Before we can even begin to zoom in on Henry James's homo-eroticism in his fiction and correspondence, we must find out whether the mysterious accident actually castrated him and whether burning his passionate letters to young men was inspired by feelings of guilt or fear of suffering the same fate as Oscar Wilde. Professor Ohi must have been immersed in the New York edition of the Master's novels, for he practically reformulates every single sentence he utters. If this is intended as a witty ode to the Jamesian style, I'll say chapeau...
Ohi says that "queer criticism" is about more than labeling people as gay. But if there was a single other coherent thought in this talk, I was unable to detect it. Ohi has no interest in what James was trying to say in his vast body of work -- he just wants to sniff his crotch. Even if Mr. Ohi is right, and James was secretly gay, Ohi is doing James an extreme disservice.
@@stevenyourke7901 What's so ludicrous about that? How about feminist? Post-colonial? Psychoanalytic? Marxist? Mythic? What do you think literary studies should be about other than interpretation?
One of the more astute takes on James I've ever read. It's really interesting that he takes on belatedness as a theme as it is a major theme in Bloom's theory of influence. Mr Ohi's interpretation of belatedness fits in with Bloom in a very cool way: belatedness as the springboard toward the sublime.
indeed
Wonderful! I thoroughly enjoyed this! Would love to read your work.
I think this is something that tends to get rooted out in institutions, style and structure as aspects of identity.
Well worth listening to.
Brilliant!!!!!!!!
Fantastic stuff. Love it.
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Portrait of a lady. A shocking revelation chapter 42. He just springs it up in your face so sudden so unexpected and very moving. A great novelist where your mind simply scans page after page in a very fluid style needs careful reading.
Henry James......Portrait of a great writer.....
Very interesting
Before we can even begin to zoom in on Henry James's homo-eroticism in his fiction and correspondence, we must find out whether the mysterious accident actually castrated him and whether burning his passionate letters to young men was inspired by feelings of guilt or fear of suffering the same fate as Oscar Wilde. Professor Ohi must have been immersed in the New York edition of the Master's novels, for he practically reformulates every single sentence he utters. If this is intended as a witty ode to the Jamesian style,
I'll say chapeau...
Pls, HJ was not castrated...BOSH!
I was merely raising the issue, please check the meaning of "whether"....@@seethevolcane-qj8ys
The Strunk and White chapter that never was.
The sexiest scholar
HJ May have been gay ... but his best charcters are women ....In my opinion.. I love all his books
Ohi says that "queer criticism" is about more than labeling people as gay. But if there was a single other coherent thought in this talk, I was unable to detect it. Ohi has no interest in what James was trying to say in his vast body of work -- he just wants to sniff his crotch. Even if Mr. Ohi is right, and James was secretly gay, Ohi is doing James an extreme disservice.
This is why I would never bother pursuing a masters in English Literature at an American university. “Queer criticism”?
@@stevenyourke7901 What's so ludicrous about that? How about feminist? Post-colonial? Psychoanalytic? Marxist? Mythic? What do you think literary studies should be about other than interpretation?
HJ was gay, seriously so. He loved men.
vacuous
Wrong. There's actually a lot to think about here. He who has ears, let him hear.
1/2 of this is jabber.