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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Henry-JamesHenry James | Novelist, Short Story Writer, Critic | Britannica

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   Sep 25, 2024 · Henry James (born April 15, 1843, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 28, 1916, London, England) 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 ...

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4. www.britannica.com › biography › Henry-JamesHenry James - Realism, Novels, Criticism | Britannica

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   Sep 25, 2024 · 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. He wrote for 51 years—20 novels, 112 tales, 12 plays, several ...

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5. www.britannica.com › biography › Henry-JamesHenry James - Novelist, Realism, Critic | Britannica

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   Sep 25, 2024 · Henry James - Novelist, Realism, Critic: In the 1880s James wrote two novels dealing with social reformers and revolutionaries, The Bostonians (1886) and The Princess Casamassima (1886). In the novel of Boston life, James analyzed the struggle between conservative masculinity embodied in a Southerner living in the North and an embittered man-hating suffragist. The Bostonians remains the ...

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6. www.enotes.com › topics › beast-jungleThe Beast in the Jungle Analysis - eNotes.com

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   Oct 3, 2024 · PDF Cite. “The Beast in the Jungle” is a product of what critics call James’s third and final phase. Some consider this his richest phase; others find it flawed by excessive narrative and ...

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   Sep 29, 2024 · Henry James (1843-1916) is one of the most important American authors. He wrote twenty-three novels and a lot of shorter prose and non-fiction. He's best known for "The Portrait of a Lady", "The Turn of the Screw" and "The Wings of the Dove". A multiple-choice quiz by wardcogge. Estimated time: 4 mins. Last 3 plays: Guest 152 (6/10), Guest 103 ...

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   2 days ago · Richard and Henry are best known now through Shakespeare’s history plays. Richard II and Henry IV Parts I and II span the years from 1398 to 1413. Shakespeare himself billed Richard II as a tragedy: containing some of his most hauntingly beautiful poetry, it forms a compelling psychological study of Richard as both sovereign and man.

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   • 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

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   Who was Henry James?

   • Henry James Henry James, 1905. Henry James Professor of English and American Letters, New York University, New York City, 1966–72. Citizens' Professor of English Literature, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, 1972–78. Author of...

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   How did Henry James influence the 20th century?

   • His rendering of the inner life of his characters made him a forerunner of the “stream-of-consciousness” movement in the 20th century. Henry James - Novelist, Realism, Critic: In the 1880s James wrote two novels dealing with social reformers and revolutionaries, The Bostonians (1886) and The Princess Casamassima (1886).

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   Why was Henry James named Henry James?

   • Henry James was named for his father, a prominent social theorist and lecturer, and was the younger brother of the pragmatist philosopher William James. The young Henry was a shy, book-addicted boy who assumed the role of quiet observer beside his active elder brother.

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   Was Henry James A Victorian or a modern?

   • If one agrees with Virginia Woolf’s wry generalization that ‘‘in or about December 1910, human character changed,’’ then one has to deem Henry James a man of America’s bygone past, or, from the British point of view, ‘‘a Victorian’’ instead of ‘‘a Modern.’’ His is the world which gave rise to our own.

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   Was Henry Murray a humanist?

   • Henry Murray was primarily psychodynamic in his orientation. However, the fundamental aspect of his theory is the presence of needs in our lives, and there was a distinctly humanistic aspect to his theories as well (Maddi & Costa, 1972). Thus, it seems appropriate to include Murray alongside Maslow’s discussion of human needs.

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    6 days ago · Abraham Maslow is best known for his extensive studies on the most salient feature of the humanistic perspective: self-actualization. He is also the one who referred to humanistic psychology as the third force, after the psychodynamic and behavioral/cognitive perspectives, and he specifically addressed the need for psychology to move beyond its study of unhealthy individuals.