adjective
Etymology
Origin of Jamesian
Example Sentences
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Rosemary Pardoe, founder of the journal Ghosts and Scholars, once compiled a list of various stories composed in the Jamesian manner.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
His essays and other works of fiction are similarly rooted in the lives of gay men, but his Jamesian powers of observation haven’t translated into major prizes or name recognition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
David Lodge published Author, Author, a novel about Henry James, in the same year that three other Jamesian books came out, including one by Colm Tóibín that got more attention and praise.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2019
But a writer, according to Henry James, should be one of those on whom nothing is lost; and Hollinghurst, a very Jamesian writer, doesn’t allow this “affair” to slip into oblivion.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2018
No crude explanation of the decisions he made can do justice to the multiple loyalties he felt, or the almost Jamesian way he thought about and ultimately resolved them.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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