CONTENTS

I. Biography

II. Theory

III. Beginning: Watch and Ward; Roderick Hudson

IV. Continuing: The American; The Europeans; Confidence; Washington Square

V. Achievement: The Portrait of a Lady

VI. Explorations: The Bostonians; The Princess Casamassima; The Tragic Muse; The Reverberator

VII. Transition: The Other House; The Spoils of Poynton; What Maisie Knew; The Awkward Age; The Sacred Fount

VIII. The Masterpieces, I: The Ambassadors

XI. The Masterpieces, II: The Wings of the Dove

X. The Masterpieces, III: The Golden Bowl

XI. Addenda: The Outcry; The Ivory Tower; The Sense of the Past

XII. Significations

Notes

Suggestions for Further Readings

Index of Names

Index of James's Writings