A study of this pivotal, fin-de-siècle writer's formal innovations in his effort to elevate the prestige of the novel. We will be focusing on the concept of "late style" as a way to talk about periodization more broadly and issues related to modern intimacy and sexuality. Primary texts will include The Turn of the Screw, The Pupil, The Portrait of a Lady, The Beast in the Jungle, The Awkward Age, and The Golden Bowl; secondary readings will include texts by Robert Pippin, Eve Sedgwick, Franco Moretti, Ian Watt, Theodor Adorno, David Kurnick, Nathan Hensley, Jonathan Flatley, Mark McGurl, and others. (18th/19th)