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Introduction Gert Buelens; 1. Power relations in the novels of James:the 'liberal' and the 'radical' version Winfried Fluck; 2. Multiple germs,metaphorical systems, and moral fluctuation in The Ambassadors Richard A.Hocks; 3. James and the ethics of control: aspiring architects and theirfloating creatures Sarah B. Daugherty; 4. James and the shadow of the RomanEmpire: manners and the consenting victim Adrian Poole; 5. What Maisie Knew:Henry James's Bildungsroman of the artist as queer moralist Alfred Habegger;6. The double narrative of 'The Beast in the Jungle': ethical plot, ironicalplot and the play of power Michiel W. Heyns; 7. Homoeroticism, identity andagency in James's late tales Hugh Stevens; 8.'A Provision Full ofResponsibilities': Senses of the past in Henry James's fourth phase DavidMcWhirter; 9. Possessing the American scene: race and vulgarity, seductionand judgment Gert Buelens; 10. History, narrative, and responsibility:speech acts in 'The Aspern Papers' J. Hillis Miller; Index.