The Wings of the Dove by Henry James This article will briefly introduce Henry James and his thoughts on the art of fiction presented in his essay of the same title before analyzing his novel in depth: The wings of the dove. James' ideas from his article The Art of Fiction will be applied to The Wings of the Dove and the narrative style he will use will be indicated by some quotes from the novel. James had read English, American, French and German classics. Russian literature and classics in translation. His models were Dickens, Balzac and Hawthorne. Then, in his works there is an imprint of French, British and American culture. His first novel, Watch and Ward (1871) was written while he was traveling to Venice and Paris. James wrote novels that portrayed Americans living abroad during his early years in Europe. He is a very important literary figure in both American and British culture. However, he loves Europe and this gives us a clue to his interest in different cultures which emerges from the American characters who travel abroad in most of his novels. James's approach to civilization is presented as: Henry James, at the other extreme, never stopped seeing America as essentially a peripheral region of European, more specifically Anglo-Saxon, civilization. . . Henry James was a patriot to his race, and his final transfer of citizenship, though immediately provoked by his sense of American procrastination in the world war, was but the outward sign of a capricious repatriation already complete. The first war was a shock to James and in July 1915 he became a British citizen in protest at the United States' refusal to enter the war. He was sensitive to n... middle of paper... elham. The art of the novel. New York: Russell & Russell, 1966. Forster, E. M. Roman Sanati. Trans.Ünal Aytür. Istanbul: Adam Yayınları, 1985. Introductory Notes on Henry James. December 14, 2001. Michalski, Robert. "Spiritual and Material Possession in the Supernatural Fiction of Henry James." December 14, 2001 .Myers, Cathleen. Rev. of “Washington Square and the Wings of the Dove.” November 7, 2001 .Wagenknecht, Edward. The novels of Henry James. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1983.Zervos, Kathry. "The Subtext of Violation in The Wings of the Dove: Henry James's Sacrificial Crisis." November 21st 2001 . .>.