Translating Sameness and Difference: Henry James in Search of Canada
Translating Sameness and Difference: Henry James in Search of Canada

Author(s): Madeleine Danova
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Henry James; Quebec; Canada;
Summary/Abstract: The present article takes a closer look at Henry James’ only Canadian essay “Quebec" as a way of “translating” the sameness and the difference of Canada for his American readers in 1871, just a few years after the emergence of the new nation in Canada. I turn my attention to him rather than to the other nineteen-century travel writers in America as he was one of the major forces behind the shaping of the art of travel writing into an aesthetic experience during that time. The present paper also argues that there is a persistent cultural critique that runs through both the early and the late travel writings of fames, which becomes obvious when a comparison is made between that early travel writing and his last masterpiece, The American Scene. This is further illuminated by a brief comparison to another book, Letters from America, written by Rupert Brooke, to which Henry fames wrote a Preface in 1913.

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