The thesis explores a theme common to three early novels by Henry James: the pursuit of romantic relationship and conflict involving romance. The theses analyses these three novels: The American, The Europeans and Washington Square. Except for Washington Square, the protagonists are American, and there is no happy ending in romance. There are another common themes are wealth, the climbing up in society, manners, and religion and psychological motive, which play a major role in addition to love. The thesis show both positive and negative aspects of an individual ability to pursue a romantic relationship with various obstacles that create a new life for him or her. Henry James's life is considered as a possible inspiration for having written the three novels.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:317946 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | JANOVSKÁ, Tereza |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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