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Henry James, Jr.
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This critical essay by William Dean Howells examines the fiction of Henry James, praising his realist technique while placing his work within the development of the modern novel. It suits students and scholars of American literature and nineteenth-century literary criticism.
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, playwright, and diplomat, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria, and the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day", which was adapted into a 1996 film of the same name.
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