Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1972

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Coyle, William

Abstract

Henry James's revision of "The Pupil" conforms to a plan of revision which contradicts, in part, the assertion that "late" James is deliberately obscure. In preparing the story for the New York Edition, James simplified its style and clarified its meaning, but did not alter the overall structure. Punctuation is repeatedly made less obstructive, through hundreds of sub-stitutions or eliminations. Sentence structure is often simplified by reduction of predicationJ Two clauses are telescoped into one and clauses are reduced to phrases. Vocabulary revisions are sometimes made to remove clumsy expressions or simply to suit what the author felt to be the best phrasing. More often, such changes create subtle shifts in meaning. In addition to direct revisions which state his themes more precisely, James introduced new and more coherent imagery. The cumulative effect of these revisions is to meticulously redefine, but not change, the characterization.

Extent

51 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1972.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13513

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