The Sacred Fount (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry James
- First Published: 1901
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1890’s
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Perception, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Reality, Adultery, Truthfulness and falsehood, Human behavior, Gossip, Intellect, Intuition, Reason or reasoning
- Locales: England
Places Discussed
Newmarch. House in the English countryside, somewhere between London and Birmingham. Because of the “detective” angle to the story, Newmarch bears a faint resemblance to a remote Gothic estate. However, while the Gothic heroines of literature are usually isolated from civilization and friends, Henry James’s unidentified narrator is in Newmarch for a social occasion—indeed, a familiar social ritual.
Newmarch represents the height of British civilization: A place in which wit and appearances are the supreme values. It is seemingly the...
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