http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/ambassadors-2/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/ambassadors-2/comment-page-1/#comment-50828 Parker Posey Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:40:42 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/ambassadors-2/#comment-50828 I think James was trying to establish the notion of the foreign land that Strether has entered. We see right from the start that he is not in America anymore, but rather in a totally different land, and not just in the geographical sense. He seems to be very clueless and naive. The fact that Waymarsh is not there hints that there is some sort of ill-feeling/annoyance that Strether feels towards him. I think James was trying to establish the notion of the foreign land that Strether has entered. We see right from the start that he is not in America anymore, but rather in a totally different land, and not just in the geographical sense. He seems to be very clueless and naive. The fact that Waymarsh is not there hints that there is some sort of ill-feeling/annoyance that Strether feels towards him.

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