Henry James on Stage and Screen

MICHAEL ANESKO Lecturer in English and American Studies, Pennsylvania State University NEIL BERRY Writer ELIZABETH BRAKE Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Auburn University, Alabama DAVID CROSS Lecturer in English Literature, University College London MICHELLE DEUTSCH Manager of Technology Projects, London Office of a United States Investment Bank MARK EATON Assistant Professor of English, Oklahoma City University MICHAEL HALLIWELL Director of Creative Work and Research, Sydney University Conservatorium of Music PHILIP HORNE Reader in English, University College London MARICA IAN Associate Professor of Modern British and American Literature, Rutgers University RICHARD A. KAYE Assistant Professor of English, Davidson College, North Carolina DAVID VAN LEER Professor of English, University of California SHELDON M. NOVICK Scholar in Residence, Vermont Law School PETER SWAAB Lecturer in English, University College London JOHN CARLOS ROWE Lecturer in Cultures of the United States and Critical Theory, University of California VAL WILSON Lecturer in English, International House London

In the 1890s, when Henry James tried to achieve fame and financial security by turning to the theatre, he was unceremoniously booed off the stage.In the 1890s, when Henry James tried to achieve fame and financial security by turning to the theatre, he was unceremoniously booed off the stage. Since the 1940s and 50s his fiction has nevertheless been consistently interpreted by composers and film directors, culminating in the recent film adaptations of his novels by Merchant-Ivory, Jane Campion and Iain Softley. Henry James on the Stage and Screen traces this historical development.