Love and the Quest for Identity in the Fiction of Henry James

Contrary to the majority of Henry James's critics who either have ignored the central importance of love in his work or have mislabeled it as Platonic," "infantile," and "asexual," Philip Sicker shows that romantic love played a substantial role in James's fiction. Originally published in 1980. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE ONE. The Great Relation: James as a Novelist of Love TWO. A Sacred Terror: Love, Death, and Change in James' Early Fiction THREE. The Requirements of the Imagination: The Portrait of a Lady and The Princess Casamassima FOUR. The Disturbed Midnight: Love and Solipsism in James' Fiction, 1895–1901 FIVE. A Practical Fusion: The Wings of the Dove SIX. For Love: The Golden Bowl and Final Tales NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX