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Henry James
1843–1916 · American / British
About the author
Henry James (1843–1916) was a pivotal figure in the transition from 19th-century realism to 20th-century modernism. Born in New York City to a wealthy intellectual family, he spent much of his life in Europe, eventually becoming a British citizen in 1915. His novels and stories often examine the clash between Old World sophistication and New World innocence, with a focus on interior psychological states. Major works include The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Wings of the Dove (1902), and The Ambassadors (1903). The Turn of the Screw (1898), a ghost story of ambiguous reality, remains one of his most analyzed texts. James’s late style, characterized by long, complex sentences and deep point-of-view narration, profoundly influenced later writers such as Virginia Woolf and James Joyce. He also wrote influential literary criticism and prefaces that shaped the theory of the novel.
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