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Jamesian

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James·i·an  (jmz-n)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of William James, his philosophy, or his teachings.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Henry James or his writings.

Jamesian, Jamesean [ˈdʒeɪmzɪən]
adj
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) relating to or characteristic of Henry James (1843-1916), the US-born British novelist, short-story writer, and critic, or his brother William (1842-1910), the US philosopher and psychologist

Jamesian, Jamesean [ˈdʒeɪmzɪən]
adj
(Biographies) relating to or characteristic of Henry James or his brother, William
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.Jamesian - of or relating to or characteristic of William James or his philosophy or his teachings
2.Jamesian - of or relating to or characteristic of Henry James or his writing


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It's doubtful that by forming a Rebel Alliance with the Jamesians, the Hawthornians, the Fullerites, Douglassites, Joyceans, and other riffraff, we can recover our national humanities discourse from this tyranny of sonorous abstraction.
Influences The high style reflects an obvious Jamesian influence, one which Hollinghurst pays homage to in The Line of Beauty (his protagonist Nick Guest is working on a thesis about Henry James).
9780761839354 "The trail of the human serpent is over everything"; Jamesian perspectives on mind, world, and religion.
 
 
 
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