Henry James

Why his turn-of-the-century travelogue still resonates.

Plutocrats, anarchists, and what Henry James grasped about the romance of revolution.

"The American Scene" is Henry James’s indictment of what Americans had made of their land.

Henry James, spiritualism, and the afterlife.

After the passing of William James, mediums across the US began receiving messages from the late Harvard professor.

One hundred years ago, "The Great Gatsby" was first published. It remains one of the books that almost every literate American has read.

No, really.

The rise and fall of the WASP.

The artist’s experiences in the Civil War and after helped him transcend stereotypes in portraying Black experience.

Family blessings are a curse, or they can be. The life of Henry Adams explained in his book Education.

He devoted a lifetime to studying America’s foundation, witnessed its near-dissolution, and uncannily anticipated its evolution.

A hundred years ago, the Palmer Raids imperilled thousands of immigrants. Then a wily official got in the way.

What the author of "If—" learned about empire from the United States

What happened to the great defender of Empire when he settled in the States?

A story of a philosopher, his sister, and belief.

From the day it was inaugurated, the Statue of Liberty has symbolized the tensions between national independence and universal human rights.

The great short story writer and poet wrote many a book review.

In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, 'Calder: The Conquest of Time,' Jed Perl reveals a hidden side of the artist.

Henry Adams's classic autobiography speaks to concerns of privilege, failure, and progress in his rapidly changing world.

Fear of diminishing broodstock got the gals going outdoors.