Henry James's Europe

As an American author who chose to live in Europe Henry James frequentlywrote about cultural differences between the Old and New World. Theplight of bewildered Americans adrift on a sea of European sophisticationbecame a regular theme in his fiction.This collection of twenty-four papers from some of the world's leadingJames scholars offers a comprehensive picture of the author's crossculturalaesthetics. It provides detailed analyses of James's perception ofEurope - of its people and places its history and culture its artists andthinkers its aesthetics and its ethics - which ultimately lead to a profoundreevaluation of his writing.With in-depth analysis of his works of fiction his autobiographical andpersonal writings and his critical works the collection is a major contribution to current thinking about James transtextuality and cultural appropriation.