Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction by Susan M. Griffin
Chapter 1. Henry James in Ireland: A Footnote
Chapter 2. The Haunting of Lamb House
Chapter 3. A More Elaborate Web: Becoming Henry James
Chapter 4. Pure Evil: "The Turn of the Screw"
Chapter 5. The Lessons of the Master
Chapter 6. Henry James's New York
Chapter 7. A Death, a Book, an Apartment: The Portrait of a Lady
Chapter 8. Reflective Biography
Chapter 9. A Bundle of Letters
Chapter 10. All a Novelist Needs
Chapter 11. The Later Jameses
Afterword: Silence
Index

About the Author

Susan M. Griffin is a professor of English at the University of Louisville and editor of the Henry James Review.

Reviews

The book does not disappoint. The essays may be incidental-reviews, introductions, lectures-but each conveys a sense of Toibin's deep engagement with his subject and his writer's way with words. Irish Times Anyone interested in Toibin's process of transforming the life of James into a novel of immense subtlety should look carefully at a recent volume of essays. -- Jay Parini Chronicle of Higher Education Informative to read. -- Bernard Richards Essays in Criticism