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Henry James

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Scope:  Henry James, a 19th century novelist, is best known for his works Portrait of a Lady, and The Turn of the Screw. He is considered to be the proponent of the modern psychological novel. James believed that fiction is like life; it presents challenges not answers.

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Books of Henry James' works are listed in our on-line catalog under James, Henry, and under individual titles, i.e. The Turn of the Screw.

Books written by and about Henry James have the call number(s):
PS 2112
PS 2116
PS 2124
PS 2123

Some representative books from the circulating collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

Beidler, Peter G. Ghosts, Demons, and Henry James: The Turn of the Screw at the Turn of the Century. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1989.

Bell, Millicent. Meaning in Henry James. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991.

Fogel, Daniel Mark. Daisy Miller: a Dark Comedy of Manners. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990.

Habegger, Alfred. Henry James and the Woman Business New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989.

Hocks, Richard A. Henry James: A Study of the Short Fiction. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990.

James, Henry. Novels, 1901-1902. New York: Library of America, 2006.

CRITICAL SOURCES

There are books in the Reference Collection that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied. The following titles are appropriate to this topic:

REF PR 821.C7 1991 Vol. 4 Critical Survey of Long Fiction

REF PN 3321.C7 1993 Vol. 4 Critical Survey of Short Fiction

REF PS 21.D5 Vol.s 12,74 Dictionary of Literary Biography. American realists and naturalists; American short story writers before 1880

REF PS 94.M34 1993 Masterpieces of American Literature

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the link for a list of full text journals available through our databases in:

WEB SITES

Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu

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Updated 08/16/2007