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James, Henry
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Introduction:
Henry James's Life And Work
There is an excellent set of primary and secondary sources for the
biography of Henry James, climaxed by the great biographical work by Leon
Edel, which is the definitive biography. The Selected Bibliography and Guide
to Research at the end of the present work gives the essential citations, and
therefore this Introduction to James can only be a sketch which includes the
most basic facts about his life and work.
Henry James was born of a family which would be noted for intellectual
distinction in several related fields, for his older brother, William James
(1842-1910), was an internationally-known psychologist ...