TITLE

A Miraculous Enlargement of Experience

AUTHOR(S)
Simon, Linda
PUB. DATE
April 2001
SOURCE
World & I;Apr2001, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p260
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Profiles author Henry James. Views on the role of fiction; Personal background; Themes of James books.
ACCESSION #
4281567

Tags: JAMES, Henry, 1843-1916;  AUTHORS

 

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