...Sarah B. Daugherty 6  Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty A major new project is The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James (CFHJ), the first two volumes of which were published this year. The edition, projected to comprise 34 volumes (22 of novels, 10 of tales, and 1...

...Sarah B. Daugherty American Literary Scholarship (2018) doi 10.1215/00659142-8287933 © 2020 by Duke University Press 6 Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty As the initial decades of the 21st century pass into history most critics have reclassified Henry James as a pioneering modernist whose closest...

...Sarah B. Daugherty Copyright © 2021 Duke University Press 2021 Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty For scholars as for the rest of the world, this was a di cult year. But like James as a small boy who enjoyed his swing even in a rainstorm, I have found pleasure amid di culties. Our editors...

...Sarah B. Daugherty Duke University Press 2009 6  Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty The most important event in recent James scholarship has been the publication of the first two volumes of the author’s complete letters—a monumental project that will eventually comprise...

...Sarah B. Daugherty © 2015 Duke University Press 2015 6  Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty Though humanities scholars may feel neglected as universities promote science and technology, studies of Henry James continue to flourish. His status as an international author has been...

...Sarah B. Daugherty Duke University Press 2005 6 Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty The most crucial development in James studies since the work of Leon Edel has been the reconsideration of homoeroticism as Freudian ortho- doxy gives way to historical scholarship...

...Sarah B. Daugherty Duke University Press 2006 6  Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty The retrospective theme of this year’s scholarship is signaled by the title of the special issue of the Henry James Review, “Senses of the Past.” Daniel Mark Fogel’s “In Memoriam: Adeline...

...Sarah B. Daugherty Duke University Press 2007 6  Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty The topic of this year’s special issue of the Henry James Review, “Read- ing James,” suggests the author’s role in shaping the canons of literary study and, conversely, the ways in which various...

...Sarah B. Daugherty Duke University Press 2010 6  Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty Despite the economic recession and the monumental size of the James bibliography, the author continues to inspire creative efforts by scholars and critics. Gender studies have been refined...

...Sarah B. Daugherty Duke University Press 2011 6  Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty Recent James scholarship reflects more general changes in academic pub- lishing. Fewer monographs deal exclusively with James, while important discussions can frequently be found in book chapters...

...Sarah B. Daugherty © 2016 by Duke University Press 2016 6  Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty Even during times of adversity within and beyond academe, scholar- ship on Henry James has continued to flourish, thanks to projects that confirm the enduring human interest of his life...

...Sarah B. Daugherty © 2012 Duke University Press 2012 6  Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty As Jonathan Freedman notes in his survey of James criticism in Henry James in Context (see section iii, below), Henry James now plays a cul- tural role analogous to that of Shakespeare...

...Sarah B. Daugherty © 2014 Duke University Press 2014 6  Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty A number of critics write of James in prose aspiring to the complex- ity of the author’s own late style, sacrificing clarity for the sake of nuance. Bemused and befuddled readers may welcome...

...Sarah B. Daugherty © 2000 Duke University Press 2000 6 Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty The prevailing interest in cultural criticism has increased the scope, as well as the number, of James studies. Adeline Tintner s latest book exemplifies the trend away from the search for James s literary...

...Sarah B. Daugherty © 2001 Duke University Press 2001 6 Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty This year marks a transition in James studies. A number of books and essays—notably Philip Horne’s valuable Life in Letters—include pre- viously unpublished correspondence. We may look...

...Sarah B. Daugherty Duke University Press 2002 6 Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty The current trends in James studies present an intriguing paradox. At the beginning of the millennium, James is most frequently viewed as a modernist whose later career overshadows its 19th...

...Sarah B. Daugherty Duke University Press 2003 6 Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty The year’s work on James reects recent trends while o Vering the pros- pect of further scholarly and critical studies. As we await the publication of the complete letters, a new volume of James’s...

...Sarah B. Daugherty 6 Henry James Sarah B. Daugherty Despite constraints on scholarly publication critics have proceeded with the discussions that James commended as the life of art. A new book by Andrew Taylor highlights the a≈rmative aspects of Henry James Senior’s role...