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1、HenryJamesthefirstAmericanwritertoconceivehiscareerininternationalterms.TodaywiththedevelopmentofthemodernnovelandthecommonacceptanceoftheFreudianapproach,hisimportance,aswellashiswideinfluenceasanovelistandcritic,hasbeenallthemoreconspicuous.bestknownforhisinternationalthemeandpsychologicalrea
2、lism.HislifeandwritingborninNewYorkCity.Hisfather:atheologicalwriterhiselderbrother:thedistinguishedphilosopherandpsychologistWilliamJames,whomadeagreatcontributiontothetheoryofthestream-of-consciousnesstechnique.oneofthefewauthorsintheAmericanliteraryhistorywhowasnotobligedtoworkforaliving.exp
3、osedearlytoaninternationalsociety.stream-of-consciousnessAphrasecoinedbyW.JamesinhisPrinciplesofPsychology(1890)todescribetheflowofthoughtsofthehumanmind.Nowitiswidelyusedinaliterarycontexttodescribethenarrativemethodwithwhichcertainnovelistsdescribetheunspokenthoughtsandfeelingsoftheircharacte
4、rswithoutusingobjectivedescriptionorconventionaldialogue.In1862,enteredHarvardLawSchoolwherehedevelopedalifelongfriendshipwithWilliamDeanHowells.TherehereadintensivelyBalzac,Merimee,GeorgeSand,GeorgeEliotandHawthorne.Later,hetouredEuropeandmetFlaubert,Maupassant,ZolaandTurgenev,whoexertedagreat
5、influenceonhim.WhileMarkTwainandWilliamDeanHowellssatirizedEuropeanmannersattimes,HenryJameswasanadmirerofancientEuropeancivilization.ThematerialisticbentofAmericanlifeanditslackofcultureandsophistication,hebelieved,couldnotprovidehimwithenoughmaterialsforgreatliteraryworks,sohesettleddowninLon
6、donin1876,andin1915hebecameanaturalizedBritishcitizen.Hismajorworksliteraryachievementremarkable.Hisliterarywritingsarebulkyandvoluminous,rangingfromthebookreviews,stories,travelaccounts,autobiographies,novels,plays,toliterarycriticism.Itishisnovelsandhisliteraryessaysthatmakehimafascinatingcas
7、eintheAmericanliteraryhistoryandconspicuousfigureinworldliterature.ThethreeperiodsinhisliterarycareerTheliterarycareerofHenryJamesisgenerallydividedintothreeperiods.Inthefirstperiod(1865-1882),Jamestookgreatinterestininternational