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This article focuses on the aspects of art and life in Henry James' book "The Middle Years." "The Middle Years" has been called one of James' best short stories and one of his weakest. But critics generally agree that it has a good deal of autobiographical content, perhaps more than any other of James' many stories about writers and artists. Published in 1893, it belongs to a period of his career when, like his hero, James could look back on an impressive body of work already produced, novels, short stories, criticism, travel essays. Almost two decades after he wrote "The Middle Years," James used the title for the third volume of his autobiography. The unfinished volume focuses on the scenes of his first explorations of England in the early years of his career, the story of Dencombe, on the other hand, focuses inward on the accomplished artist's sense of himself and his art. |
