亨利·詹姆斯(Henry James,1843—1916)是英语语言国家19世纪伟大的小说家、戏剧家和文艺理论家。伊恩·奥斯比称他为“英语文学史上最杰出的作家之一”。蒙厄尔斯、伍尔芙和福斯特对詹姆斯的艺术成就也倍加赞赏。詹姆斯一生创作了22部长篇小说、113部中、短篇小说。在漫长的写作生涯中。他坚持不懈地致力于小说题材和技巧的革新。他试图在小说里把美国浪漫主义传统融进欧洲现实主义的新文体中。他是继霍桑之后涉足欧美社会现实 Henry James (1843-1916) is a great novelist, dramatist and literary theorist in the English-speaking countries of the 19th century. Ian Osborne called him “one of the most prominent writers in the history of English literature.” Moniers, Woolf and Foster on the artistic achievements of James also greatly appreciated. James life created 22 novels, 113 short stories. In the long writing career. He tirelessly devoted himself to the innovation of the novel themes and techniques. He tries to incorporate the American Romantic tradition in the novel into the new style of European realism. He is involved in European and American social reality after Hawthorne