Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface IX
4. I. Contes de Lieu et de Langue 1
5. II . Mise en scène: The American (1876-1877) 25
6. III . The Portrait of a Lady (1881) and Other Italianate Fictions 63
7. IV . France Englished: The Princess Casamassima (1886) 77
8. V . Paris As Golden Meter: The Tragic Muse (1890) 123
9. VI . The English Period: What Maisie Knew (1897) 165
10. VII . The Ambassadors, Gloire Complète (1903) 177
11. VIII. A Henry James Retrospective: Six Canvases 215
12. Notes 237
13. Index 245