Ford Madox Ford and the Jamesian Influence

While Ford Madox Ford encountered many attractive figures in his career, and while Joseph Conrad, with whom he sometimes collaborated, was his closest literary friend and advisor, it was Henry James who exerted the most pervasive influence on Ford as a novelist. Though James never responded very warmly to the younger writer, he became one of the most prominent figures in Ford's memoirs. More critically, James became the strongest influence on Ford's art. To illuminate Ford's development and achievement as a novelist, this study examines what Ford borrowed from James, describes how he used these features, and offers reasons why he used them as he did.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Rentz, Kathryn Curle

• Biography
• Literature, English

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8623395

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69451