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Henry James

Geburtsdatum

Samstag, 15. April 1843

Geburtsort

New York City, U.S.

Todesort

Chelsea,_London

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Beschreibung

Henry James OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

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Wie alt ist Henry James heute?

181 Jahre

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Chelsea, London

Bekannte Zitate von Henry James

The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master.
In art economy is always beauty.
People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
Experience is never limited, and it is never complete it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.
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