This new volume in the Author Chronology series offers an intense
articulation of Henry James's biographical experiences, which are
presented amid the detailed unfolding of his imaginative writing, and
set in the larger context of historical developments that impinged upon
his life. Evoking the wide range of his experiences with other human
beings, his manifold studies of fellow artists in various fields, and
his critical articulation of the art of writing fiction, this study
reveals his major influence upon subsequent writers and students of
fiction.