Fictional Reality, Realist Fiction: Intimacies in Works of British and American Literature

我声称亨利·詹姆斯的小说反映了生活的虚构和建构。因此，我认为，20世纪微社会学家欧文·戈夫曼的理论作为文学分析的工具一定是相关的。戈夫曼提出了同样的观点，并分析了面对面日常生活的构建性质。这个过去的项目在我的专著《在亨利·詹姆斯晚期小说中表演日常*》(阿什盖特出版社，2009)的出版中达到了顶峰。我的图书项目暂时名为《表演日常的亲密》，超越了詹姆斯。我分析了著名作家詹姆斯的作品，比如简·奥斯汀、伊迪丝·沃顿和G·艾略特，运用了关系学、社会心理学、当代哲学和微社会学的理论，重点是理解亲密现象。一家声誉卓著的英美学术出版社刚刚邀请我寄出这本书的手稿，供外部同行审阅。

I claimed that Henry James's fiction reflects life's fictional, constructed quality. I therefore reasoned that the theories of 20th century microsociologist Erving Goffman, who claimed the same and analysed the constructed nature of face-to-face everyday life, must be relevant as a tool of literary analysis. This past project culminated in the publication of my monograph, *Performing the Everyday in Henry James's Late Novels* (Ashgate, 2009).My book project, tentatively entitled *Performing Intimacies of the Everyday* moves beyond James. I analysed selected works by authors James is famously known to have admired, such as Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, and G. Eliot, employing theories of relationship studies, social psychology, contemporary philosophy, and microsociology with a focus on understanding the phenomena of intimacies. A reputable British/American academic press has just invited me to send in the book manuscript for outside peer review.