Henry James’s “The Jolly Corner”1: Revisiting the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–32)
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Alison Jack
Abstract
In this article, various reception-historical analyses of Henry James’s short story “The Jolly Corner” and its use of the Bible are subjected to critique. The parable of the Prodigal Son is offered as a convincing and significant intertext which is clearly signalled in the story. Reading this parable in the narrative yields useful insights into the dynamics between the characters, and suggests a psychological rather than supernatural interpretation of events.
1Henry James, “The Jolly Corner,” In Complete Stories 1898–1910 (New York: Literary Classics of the United States, 1996), 697–731.
Works Cited
Hutchison, Hazel. 2006. Seeing and Believing: Henry James and the Spiritual World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.10.1007/978-1-137-10758-9Suche in Google Scholar
James, Henry. 1996. “The Jolly Corner.” In Complete Stories1898–1910, 697–731. New York: Literary Classics of the United States.Suche in Google Scholar
Rosenblatt, Jason P. 1977. “Bridegroom and Bride in ‘The Jolly Corner.’ ” Studies in Short Fiction 14 (3): 282–284.Suche in Google Scholar
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- “Gar nicht biblisch!” [Not biblical at all!]: Ephesians, Marriage, and Radical Pietism in Eighteenth-Century Germany
- Facilitating Speech and Discourse: Biblical Interpretation and the Emergence of a Concept of Gender Equality
- Three 1930s Novels about Satan
- Henry James’s “The Jolly Corner”1: Revisiting the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–32)
- Yes We Can (Hyperbolize)! Ideals, Rhetoric, and Tradition Transmission
- Dispatches from EBR: A Report on Volumes 1–10 (of 30), with Special Focus on Reception-related Matters
- Book Review
- Nomadic Text: A Theory of Biblical Reception History
