“Optical reach”: eyewear in Henry James’s “the Jolly Corner”

Inspired by sleeplessness and/or a recurrent dream he cited both “The Jolly Corner” was first published in December 1908. Since then, this tale “of ghosts and otherness” (Tambling 219) has proven t...

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The Explicator
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2026-08-27
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00144940.2026.2724017
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Literature: history, themes, analysis
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“Optical reach”: eyewear in Henry James’s “the Jolly Corner”

Terry W. Thompson
The Explicator
Literature: history, themes, analysis
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“Optical reach”: eyewear in Henry James’s “the Jolly Corner”

Terry W. Thompson
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Inspired by sleeplessness and/or a recurrent dream he cited both “The Jolly Corner” was first published in December 1908. Since then, this tale “of ghosts and otherness” (Tambling 219) has proven t...

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Georgia Southern University (US)
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Literature: history, themes, analysis
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