[Henry] James's appeal to contemporary readers and film aficionados. Certainly he is subtle and refined in ways that reach out to those who crave refinement in a world that is decidedly crude and explicit. It's hard to imagine a cultural universe in which Dumb and Dumber and The Turn of the Screw coexist. James speaks with a quiet voice in a very loud time. His whole mode of being--focused on human relationships and their intricacies of thought and feeling, riveted by the foolish or wise choices we make in dealing with family and friends--also presents a kind of challenge. In an age of Facebook, James forces us to think about our own choices, to ask ourselves how we really want to live our lives.from Jay Parini: The Afterlife of Henry James
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