亨利·詹姆斯早期小说中的现代主义特征的研究以《黛西·米勒》和《一位女士的画像》为例.pdf

twelve short stories, fifteen plays, numerous essays and a large number of literary
correspondences. Henry James’ creative life is usually grouped into three periods. The
early stage of James’ creation covers the period from 1875 to the middle of 1880s,
during which James established himself as a writer dealing with the “international
theme”. The important works of this period include Roderick Hudson (1875), The
Americans (1877), The Europeans (1878) and Daisy Miller (1879) which won him
international fame, and this period of creation is culminated by The Portrait of a Lady
(1882), held so far as his most widely read novel. The middle stage, extending from
the mid-1880s to 1897, serves as the transitional phase, during which he experimented
with diverse themes and literary forms. From 1885 to 1890, he turned his attention
from international theme to the reformers, revolutionaries, and political aspirants,
composing three novels concerned about social and political currents — The
Bostonians (1886), The Princess Casamassima (1886), and The Tragic Muse (1890).
After that, he attempted to win recognition as a playwright, but his writings for the
stage were not well received. In the last period of his career, roughly from 1897 to
1916, James turned back to novel writing. The posed during this period,
such as What Maisie Knew (1897), and The Turn of the Screw (1898), are famous for
their deep exploration of human psychology. After the turn of the twentieth century,
James returned to his former international subjects and produced three great novels in
ession, The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassador (1903), and The Golden
Bowl (1904). These three masterpieces, characterized by a most elaborate style and
plexity, represent the summit of James’ creation.
2. Reception of Henry James at Abroad and Home
Like many precursors of the time, the value of Henry James also went through a
process of discovering. In his lifetime, he w