Freedman, Jonathan

The cambridge companion to henry james / Jonathan Freedman. - 1st ed. - [S.l.] : Cambridge University Press, 1998. - 280 p. ; 23 cm. - Cambridge companions to literature. . - Cambridge companions to literature. .

The Cambridge Companion to Henry James is intended to provide a critical introduction to James' work. Throughout the major critical shifts of the past fifty years, and despite suspicions of the traditional high literary culture that was James' milieu, as a writer he has retained a powerful hold on readers and critics alike. All essays are written at a level free from technical jargon, designed to promote accessibility to the study of James and his work.

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