adjective
Etymology
Origin of Jamesian
Example Sentences
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While many of the elements in “Celestial Chess” are recognizably Jamesian, to my mind the book more fully resembles an occult thriller in the mode of Dennis Wheatley’s classic “The Devil Rides Out.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
Narrated by a man called Tracker, whose supernaturally keen nose has earned him work as a kind of bounty hunter, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” is also a distinctly Jamesian entry into the fantasy canon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2020
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
And the more longueurs Banville provides in order to reinforce the Jamesian mood and manner, the more tedious the novel becomes.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2017
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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