Inauspicious Flames
A Feng-Shui Reading of The Spoils of Poynton
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4860798 |
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| Authors | Ryan Francis Murphy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 157-174 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mosaic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-1276 • E-ISSN: 1925-5683 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/mos.2017.0058 |
| OpenAlex | W2773296329 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This essay argues that Henry James may have been aware of the tenets of feng shui—the ancient Chinese belief that location and environment affect inner peace—while both conceiving and composing The Spoils of Poynton
Aesthetics · Affect (linguistics) · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Reading (process) · History · Japanese History and Culture · Landscape and Cultural Studies · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Highly cited | No |
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