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By the early definitions, James is not a realist. Others have suggested that James' world is too narrow and incomplete to warrant classification as a realistic depiction of life.Īctually, James' realism is of a special sort. Mencken) suggested that James needed a good whiff of the Chicago stockyards so as to get a little life into his novels. Many critics have objected that James does not write about life, that his novels are filled with people whom one would never meet in this world. On the other hand, the most frequent criticism against James has been that he is not realistic enough. Part of this influence has been through the type of realism that he employs. Henry James has had a tremendous influence on the development of the novel.
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