Meet Henry James

Daniel Mark Fogel, professor of English and former president of the University of Vermont and professor emeritus and former provost at Louisiana State University, founded The Henry James Review at LSU and edited the journal from 1979 to 1995. He also served as executive director of the Henry James Society from 1979 to 1999.

"No one knows Henry James better than Daniel Mark Fogel, and his introduction to the life and work of the great novelist offers highly accessible and informative guidance to the uninitiated reader-as well as food for thought for longstanding Jamesians. Focusing in detail on five outstanding shorter works, Fogel opens a royal way to reading all James's fiction, including the challenging late masterpieces."-Peter Brooks, author of Henry James Comes Home: Rediscovering America in the Gilded Age "It is hard to imagine a better-a more masterful-introduction to Henry James than Daniel Mark Fogel's. The best way into James's ever-complicated world has always been through his shorter works, and Fogel's meticulous readings illuminate five of the best, from the sparkle of Daisy Miller to the richly introspective 'The Jolly Corner.' Meet Henry James has things to teach even those who have spent a lifetime with its subject."-Michael Gorra, author of Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece "Drawing on his long experience of teaching and writing about James, Fogel introduces the Master in new, refreshing, and relevant ways for today's readers. Fogel's Henry James is the feminist, queer theorist, child advocate, and moral artist we need today more than ever before."-John Carlos Rowe, author of Our Henry James in Fiction, Film, and Popular Culture "Fogel greets readers returning to James's fiction as well as those who are new readers of it, guiding them with care, courtesy, and enthusiasm, in a spirit of friendliness, touching throughout what matters about James's fiction."-Greg W. Zacharias, co-general editor of The Complete Letters of Henry James and editor of The Henry James Review