The Beast in the Jungle | Overview of Beast in the Jungle
In the following essay, the author surveys
several of the prominent critical approaches by
which ‘‘The Beast in the Jungle’’ has been read in
the past, positing that it is a story destined for
continued popularity.
Both literary critics and the general reading public find Henry James’s short story ‘‘The Beast in the Jungle’’ to be evocative and rich. It has inspired numerous critical studies, many of which respond to the story’s fable-like quality. Two well-known critics, for example, have even referred to the story as a ‘‘fable.’’ Allen Tate does so in his short, excellent commentary on the story that first appeared in the Sewanee Review in 1950 (also reprinted in Critical Studies on Henry James), and Millicent Bell does so in her Meaning in Henry James...
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