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Abstract
This thesis examines Henry James’s theory of fiction
and attempts to prove its applicability to his own novels.
Chapter I throws light on the state and concern of
theoretical novel-criticism before Henry James. Most
importantly, it explores a number of technical principles
which James was to develop in the course of his career,
including ”form,” ”scenic method” and ”point of view.”
Chapter II shows the remarkable influence of Gustave
Flaubert and George Eliot on the development of Henry James
as a novelist and critic. It focuses on a number of
technical devices which James learned from Flaubert and
Eliot and which he himself was to manipulate in his owr
fiction.
Chapter III shows James in actual practice. By
examining three of James’s novels, The Portrait of a Lady,
What Maisie Knew, and The Ambassadors, representing three
different stages of his literary career, early, middle, and
late, this chapter displays how James n;anaged to put into
practice his techniques of story-telling, particularly those
of ”point of view” and ”scenic method