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Henry C James (1902-1989), real name William Henry Constable James [1] was an Australian writer who wrote films, books, radio, stage plays, musicals and documentaries. [citation needed] He moved from Melbourne to London in the 1930s where his play The Golden Gander was produced on stage.
Henry James OM ( 15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language.
May 22, 2024 · 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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- Henry James was an American novelist and critic. During his lifetime he wrote 20 novels, 112 tales, and 12 plays in addition to several volumes of...
- Henry James was born on April 15, 1843, in New York City. James was a well-traveled youth. As a teenager, he visited Geneva, Paris, and London. Jus...
- Henry James’s first short story, “A Tragedy of Error,” was published anonymously in The Continental Monthly in 1864. Shortly thereafter James befri...
- Henry James was a key transitional figure between literary realism and Modernism. James was interested in human behaviour and the inner workings of...
- Henry James was one of the most prolific writers of the 19th century. His most famous works included The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Bostonians...
- Henry James spent the last several years of his life in Great Britain. In protest of U.S. neutrality in World War I, James resigned his U.S. citize...
Henry C. James has written works for children, travel writing and fiction. In 1979 he published Western Australia : A Pictorial Parade of 150 Years. He has also written scripts for radio, film and television, and plays for the stage.
Henry James (1843–1916) was a British-American novelist and critic. He remained an artistic- realist till the end. His famous novels were published between 1901-1914 (the death of Victoria and the beginning of World War I). Since King Edward VII reigned from 1901 to 1910, the period is also called the Edwardian Period in English Literature.
Dec 20, 2023 · Of his more than 20 novels, dozens of story collections and novellas and volumes of criticism, letters, essays and poems, these are the most essential books to read to understand the great legacy...
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Jun 27, 2024 · Born in the New York of 1843, publishing his first story during the American Civil War, and dying in London in 1916 during World War I, Henry James in his writing career offers an extraordinary account of the literary and cultural preoccupations of his period.
