Master of reality: on Henry James’ non-fiction

'James elevated the novel to a higher plane – but 100 years after his death, it’s his surprising memoirs and essays that are enjoying a revival.'

Leo Robson at New Statesman, 27 February 2016.

"Still, for almost three decades there has been a growing critical and editorial engagement with his non-fiction writing from the decade after his 'major phase' novels – The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl – during which he published virtually no fiction."

See Henry James, The Pupil, in Gateway to the Great Books (10 Vol., 1963) volume 3, and The Beast in the Jungle, in Great Books of the Western World (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 59.