What is Henry James?
{{unsourced|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox Writer | name = Henry James Jr. | image = HenryJamesPhotograph.png | imagesize = 180px | alt = | caption = Henry James in 1890 | pseudonym = | birthname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1843|4|15}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1916|2|28|1843|4|15}} | death_place = [[London]], [[England]] | occupation = Writer | language = | nationality = American, British | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = [[Harvard Law School]] | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]''<br />''[[The Portrait of a Lady]]''<br />''[[The Wings of the Dove]]''<br />''[[Daisy Miller]]''<br />''[[The Ambassadors]]'' | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = [[Henry James, Sr.]] (father), [[William James]] (brother), [[Alice James]] (sister) | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''Henry James''' [[OM]] (1843{{ndash}}1916) was an Anglo-American [[novelist]]. He was one of the most important [[literature|literary]] people{{clarification|date=March 2025}} of the late 19th century. ==Background== James was the [[son]] of Henry James Senior, a [[clergyman]], and the [[brother]] of [[William James]], the [[psychologist]] and [[philosopher]]. He grew up mostly in the [[United States]] but spent the majority of his life in [[England]]. He became a British citizen in [[1915]]. His sister, Alice James, was also a [[writer]]. ==Novels== In his [[Novel|novels]], he wrote from the viewpoint of one of the [[Fictional character|characters]]. Some literary critics compared this to [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painting. In his own literary [[Critic|criticism]], James insisted that writers be allowed the greatest possible [[freedom]] in how they looked at the worl