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Affiliation | Independent |
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Name | Henry James, Jr. |
Address | , , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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April 15, 1843 |
Died |
February 28, 1916
(72 years) |
Contributor | Thomas Walker |
Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur Apr 06, 2023 10:28pm |
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Info | Henry James, Jr. was born in New York City on April 15, 1843. His father, Henry James, Sr. was a very wealthy and well-known intellectual, befriending such peoples as Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne. Throughout his childhood, James frequently traveled and, as a result, was privately tutored in both America and Europe. He decided to attend Harvard Law School in 1864 but soon dropped out, which enabled him to fully devote his life to traveling and writing. During the 1860's, Henry James wrote his first short story, A Tragedy of Errors, and began writing for the Nation and Atlantic Monthly. From then on, his many novels and writings, such as Watch and Ward, Portrait of a Lady, and The Ambassadors, established him as a very popular author in both America and Europe.
Although Henry James was born in America, his life reflected that he was very fond of Europe, in which he spent a great number of years, eventually becoming an British citizen in 1915, a year prior to his death. There is no doubt that James' many experiences throughout his travels greatly impacted his works. It seems as if his literature allowed him to revisit places such as Rome and Paris, recall their beauty and elegance, and, thus, take those images and work them into his stories. Since James was a foreigner to European societies, he witnessed and understood the relationships between the Europeans and Americans, acknowledging differences in values, beliefs, etc. Such ideas are continually spotted in his works, as will be seen in Daisy Miller and Portrait of a Lady. Also, throughout his travels, James came into association with many different famous writers and thinkers such as Charles Darwin, George Eliot, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Henry James was very fascinated by many of the people he met, especially Hathorne, of whom he wrote a study of in 1879.
Vote totals for elections in which was nominated for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1900-1965): 1945-2, 1950-10, 1960-4.
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