/lit/ - Literature

Are his works alright? Would you recommend them?

>>14052730
Different anon here, I will write my MA thesis on Henry James (and Wilhelm Raabe) this semester. Although I was familiar with the author, it was mainly /lit/ that got me to really appreciate him. So thanks to all the James poster!

Early James: Good Realist author with a focus on the pschology of females
Late James: Proto-Modernist, almost impressionistic at times and notoriously difficult to read and understand
Typical subjects include the clash of American innocence and European experience, the intricacies of high society and the fate of tragic romances. Plebs and brainlets will often detest him because of the lack of plot and because of his long and elaborated sentences

Anything by pic related

HENRY JAMES GENERAL
This thread is for the discussion of one of the greatest American writers and his work. I have read Portrait Of A Lady and The Aspern Papers earlier this month and enjoyed both immensely - especially The Aspern Papers. I will probably read Washington Square next and then perhaps move on to his notoriously difficult late period.
>question of the day: Was James gay and does it matter?

Currently reading The Bostonians and really enjoying it so far. I have read The Turn Of The Screw previously and enjoyed that as well. I want to delve deeper into his work since he is among the authors I consider writing my Master's thesis about. What should I read next? Has any anon here worked on him in an academic context? (I was a little surprised how much James scholars are still preoccupied with his (supposed) homosexuality.) What's /lit/'s general opinion on him?

What the fuck was his problem?