亨利·詹姆斯(Henry James,1843—1916)是一位在世界范围内享有盛誉的美国作家,以对人物的心理分析影响后世,与霍桑、麦尔维尔等一起被看做是19世纪美国最伟大的小说家。他出生在纽约的一个富裕家庭,哥哥威廉·詹姆斯是著名的实用主义哲学家和心理学家,于1875年开始了自己的文学生涯。他文学上的主要成就体现在小说方面,但也写过不少的文学评论、游记、剧本和传记。詹姆斯1879年发表的中 Henry James (1843-1916) is a worldwide acclaimed American writer whose psychoanalysis of characters influences future generations. Along with Hawthorne and Melville, it is considered the most influential 19th century American Great novelist Born in New York, a wealthy family, his elder brother William James, a famous pragmatist philosopher and psychologist, started his literary career in 1875. His major literary achievements are reflected in novels, but he has also written many literary criticisms, travel notes, plays and biographies. James published in 1879