The Great Succession: Henry James and the Legacy of Hawthorne - Paperback

by Robert Emmet Long (Author)

The first book devoted to the literary relationship between Henry James and his American predecessor, Nathaniel Hwthorne. Robert Emmet Long demonstrates James transformation of Hawthorne s romantic forms into realism, as one of the significant features of James early career. Long shows that Hawthorne provided James ith a native tradition having its own conceptions of American psychological experience.

Author Biography

Robert Emmet Long is a scholar whose articles and reviews have appeared in many national publications.