The American Scene - Together with Three Essays from Portraits of Places

by Henry James

Overview

A collection of the travel writings of Henry James, composed during his trip around the United States in 1904-1905. Easily one of the most controversial and critically discussed travel books, James attacks what he saw as rampant materialism and the broken social structure that was everywhere in the America he travelled through.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447479840
Publisher:	Porter Press
Publication date:	02/06/2013
Pages:	554
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.23(d)

About the Author

Date of Birth:

April 15, 1843

Date of Death:

February 28, 1916

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Attended school in France and Switzerland; Harvard Law School, 1862-63