Talk:The Wings of the Dove

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"She has turned her face to the wall."[edit]

The paragraph about this phrase is snarky ("thankfully short"), full of irrelevant detail (who is this "Rev. Thomas Bradbury"?), and ends with an unsupported generalization ("[The phrase] was generally quite familiar to the scripturally literate reader of James' day."). I am removing the entire paragraph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TravisBrown (talk • contribs) 19:34, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Intro statement[edit]

The introductory statement says that the novel is "about Milly Teale" but I would argue that that's not true at *all.* The novel is clearly about Kate Croy and Merton Densher. Specifically it is about the "ethical sin" they commit when they start out to try to seduce Milly Teale in order to get her money; and the guilt and other consequences in the aftermath of that behavior. To fail to get that is to fail to understand the novel. I honestly feel that this is pretty much "beyond opinion," I'm sure there must be dozens of references to whole discussions about the point of the novel and the focus will be on the couple involved and the moral consequence of their behavior. The "Milly Teale" character is clearly a "device" used by James to focus attention on that behavior. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.196.248.241 (talk) 06:18, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like most of it is not referenced so anyone can change it. Thanks for posting, I'll keep a watch on it, but probably won't get to it in the near-term. Truthkeeper (talk) 18:41, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]