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Learn about the life and works of Henry James, an American-born British writer who explored social and psychological themes in his novels and stories. Discover his three phases of writing style, from realistic to impressionist, and his famous phantom tale 'The Turn of the Screw'.
22 de mai. de 2024 · Henry James was an American novelist and, as a naturalized English citizen from 1915, a great figure in the transatlantic culture. His fundamental theme was the innocence and exuberance of the New World in clash with the corruption and wisdom of the Old, as illustrated in such works as Daisy Miller.
- Leon Edel
- Henry James was an American novelist and critic. During his lifetime he wrote 20 novels, 112 tales, and 12 plays in addition to several volumes of...
- Henry James was born on April 15, 1843, in New York City. James was a well-traveled youth. As a teenager, he visited Geneva, Paris, and London. Jus...
- Henry James’s first short story, “A Tragedy of Error,” was published anonymously in The Continental Monthly in 1864. Shortly thereafter James befri...
- Henry James was a key transitional figure between literary realism and Modernism. James was interested in human behaviour and the inner workings of...
- Henry James was one of the most prolific writers of the 19th century. His most famous works included The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Bostonians...
- Henry James spent the last several years of his life in Great Britain. In protest of U.S. neutrality in World War I, James resigned his U.S. citize...
24 de dez. de 2018 · Learn about the distinctive features of Henry James’s writing style and themes in his three periods of novel writing. Explore his use of indirect presentation, humor, repetition, and moral vision in his fiction.
A course on the stylistic innovation of Henry James, exploring his novels, essays, and criticism from various perspectives. Learn how to write a literary criticism paper on James's style and its effects on affect, sexuality, genre, and morality.
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25 de jun. de 2021 · In what follows, I contest the view that the prose style of Henry James is somehow inimical to the procedures of abstraction in its various forms (philosophical, literary, artistic).
- Rebekah Scott
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This article applies stylometric techniques to examine the lexical aspects of Henry James's style and the differences between his early and late novels. It shows that James's style can be distinguished from his contemporaries and that he had a remarkably unidirectional career.
Henry James’s career was one of the longest and most productive—and most influential—in American letters. A master of prose fiction from the first, he practiced it as a fertile innovator, enlarged the form, and placed upon it the stamp of a highly individual method and style.
