The Gendered Politics of the Gaze: Henry James and George Eliot

By examining scenes in which Isabel Archer and Dorothea Brooke are placed in art galleries and gazed at by male characters, this essay argues that James's omniscient narrator adopts the male gaze while Eliot's questions it and foregrounds what is at stake, esthetically and politically, in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Mosaic (Winnipeg) 1997-03, Vol.30 (1), p.39-54
1. Verfasser:	JOHNSON, PATRICIA E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aesthetics American literature Art objects Berger, John (1926-2017) British & Irish literature Eliot, George Eliot, George (Mary Ann Evans) (1819-1880) English literature Eye movements Gaze Gender History & criticism Irish literature James, Henry (1843-1916) James, Henry (American writer, 1843-1916) Literary criticism Male gaze Men Mosaic Narratives Narrators Nonverbal communication Novels Personal relationships Political representation Politics Portrayals Sexes Western civilization Women
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Zusammenfassung:	By examining scenes in which Isabel Archer and Dorothea Brooke are placed in art galleries and gazed at by male characters, this essay argues that James's omniscient narrator adopts the male gaze while Eliot's questions it and foregrounds what is at stake, esthetically and politically, in such representations of women.
ISSN:	0027-1276 1925-5683