Henry James: A True Literary Genius
Henry James, throughout his life, made a name and reputation for himself as an iconic American literature writer. Throughout the text, one will find that James lived an exciting yet calm life, from living across the Atlantic, to writing many novels full of emotion and charisma. As one might read they will find that James was born into with his father being one of the most notorious intellects of his time associating himself with the famous Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. This paper will include a biography consisting of James’ early life, middle life and late life. The text will also include where he went to school, various awards he received throughout his life and his marriage and family. This paper will be full of textual evidence including supporting details from some of his most famous works. Through the use of style, influence, social time period, and theme Henry James will show that he is a jack of all trades in his books The Turn of the Screw and The Tragic Muse as he demonstrates the differing styles of writing and depiction of mood and tone.
Henry James was born 15 April 1843 in New York City, New York into a wealthy family. James was the second of 5 children bared from a father that was held to high standards by the people he associated with consisting of well-known philosophers and
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He expanded his knowledge and found that his passion needed to take around the world multiple times to expose its full potential and by doing so he earned a reputation as a literary genius. After attending law school at the young age of 19 years old James found that his true love is a pen and paper. And he proved that though he came from a family of high expectation to become a great mind in the form of higher thinking he became a great mind in the form of utilizing his imagination to