第1个回答 2009-04-24
詹姆斯于1843年4月15口出生于纽约市。他的哥哥是哲学家威廉-詹姆斯，他
的父亲是一位古怪的百万富翁，送他们去欧洲受教育。当亨利-詹姆斯年龄还小的时候，他背部受了伤，这使他从此离开社交界，成为一名旁观者。 为了更好地观察美国，詹姆斯的一生大部分时间是在欧洲度过的（他讲一口流利的法语）。他的22部小说和113个短篇中，很多都是描写眼睛清亮的美国人如何使欧洲人乐观起来。随着创作生涯的推移，詹姆斯越来越耽于内省。他的作品根据心理探索，和他称之为“灾难的想象”而展开 1878年，詹姆斯发表了《黛西-密勒》， 是描写一位勇敢的美国姑娘如何毁于欧洲世俗的故事。《贵妇人的画像》（1881）探索了同样的主题，但有所创新。它发表后，立即被誉为作者的代表作 《螺丝在拧紧》（1898）是一部描写心理恐怖小说，这部作品像詹姆斯许多作品一样，将天真纯洁同世故的罪恶进行了对比。
第3个回答 2009-04-24
Henry James, O.M. (April 15, 1843(1843-04-15) – February 28, 1916) was a U.S.-born author naturalized British in 1915. James is one of the key figures of 19th century literary realism; the fine art of his writing has led many[who?] academics to consider him the greatest master of the novel and novella form. The son of theologian Henry James, Sr., brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, he spent much of his life in England and became a British subject shortly before his death. He is primarily known for a series of major novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe. His plots centered on personal relationships, the proper exercise of power in such relationships, and other moral questions. His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allowed him to explore the phenomena of consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting.
James insisted that writers in Great Britain and America should be allowed the greatest freedom possible in presenting their view of the world, as French authors were. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators in his own novels and tales brought a new depth and interest to realistic fiction, and foreshadowed the modernist work of the twentieth century. An extraordinarily productive writer, in addition to his voluminous works of fiction he published articles and books of travel writing, biography, autobiography, and criticism, and wrote plays, some of which were performed during his lifetime with moderate success. His theatrical work is thought to have profoundly influenced his later novels and tales.本回答被提问者采纳