Comprehensive survey and analysis of the scholarship and criticism on perhaps the greatest American writer.
Introduction
A Mirror for Americans: Contemporary Criticism, 1866-1916
Instructions to the Reader: James's Prefaces to the New York Edition
The Cult of Henry James, 1918-1960
A Life of the Master: Leon Edel's Henry James and its Influence on Criticism
Critical Revisions: James in the Academy
Jamesian Consciousness: Mind, Morality, and the Problem of Truth
Gender, Sexuality, Intimacy
Selected Henry James Bibliography
Works Consulted
Index