Henry James

Henry James was one of the great American literary critics, but James was better known as a novelist and short-story writer (Magill 750). In the nineteenth century James was considered to be an important and influential writer. James’s writing career has been separated into three phases. The first phase of James’s career was from 1875 to 1885. This phase begins with the story “Madame de Mauves”. In this story James shows how different the American and …showed first 75 words of 497 total…

…showed last 75 words of 497 total…importantly the writings in this third phase shows the way for the 20th century. Henry James’s career was one of the longest and most productive among American authors. James was a master author at prose fiction from the start of his career . James has been considered “by far the best American critic of the nineteenth century.” Also, it has been said that James was “probably the greatest fictional theorist ever to have written” (Magill 751).