Tales of Henry James

Nine of James’s most important tales, including (new to the second edition) 'In the Cage,' a tale that engages James’s complicated attitudes toward gender, class, and the rise of information technology. 

'The Author on His Craft' again reprints James’s critical essay 'The Art of Fiction' and related passages from his notebooks, including a new passage on 'In the Cage.' 'Criticism' has been entirely updated and includes ten new essays by critics who during the last twenty-five years have helped to establish the lines of debate about James’s tales. An updated Selected Bibliography is also included.

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition:

The Text of the Tales

1. Daisy Miller: A Study
2. The Aspern Papers
3. The Pupil
4. Brooksmith
5. The Real Thing
6. The Middle Years
7. In the Cage
8. The Beast in the Jungle
9. The Jolly Corner

The Author on His Craft

1. Editor's Commentary

2. Henry James – The Art of Fiction
3. Henry James – From His Notebooks:
4. 1. [On the origin of "Booksmith"]
   2. [On the origin of "The Aspern Papers"]
   3. [On the origin of "The Real Thing"]
   4. [On the origin of "The Middle Years']
   5. [On the origin of "The Beast in the Jungle"]
   6. [Regarding "The Jolly Corner" in retrospect]
5. From His Prefaces
6. 1. [On "Daisy Miller"]
   2. [On "The Aspern Papers"]
   3. [On "The Pupil"]
   4. [On "Brooksmith" and "The Real Thing"]
   5. [On "The Middle Years"]
   6. [On "In the Cage]
   7. [On "The Beast in the Jungle"]
   8. [On "The Jolly Corner"]

Criticism

1. Richard A. Hocks – James and the Art of Short Fiction

2. Millicent Bell – ["Daisy Miller"]
3. William Veeder – ["The Aspern Papers"]
4. Michael Moon – ["The Pupil"]
5. Philip Horne – [The Master and the "Queer Affair" in "The Pupil"]
6. Julie Rivkin – [Revision and "The Middle Years"]
7. Joyce Carol Oates – The Madness of Art: Henry James's "The Middle Years"
8. John Carlos Rowe – [Gender, Sexuality, and Work in "In the Cage"]
9. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick – ["The Beast in the Closet"]
10. Kenneth W. Warren – ["The Jolly Closet"]

Selected Bibliography