The Wings of the Dove by Henry JamesThis 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 Wings of the Dove and the narrative style he uses 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 there is a mixture of French, British and American culture in his works. His first novel, Watch and Ward (1871), was written while he was traveling in Venice and Paris. James wrote novels describing Americans living abroad during his early years in Europe. He is a very important literary figure in American and British culture. However, he loves Europe and this gives us an idea of ​​his interest in the different cultures that emerge from the American characters traveling abroad in most of his novels. James's approach to civilization is presented as follows: Henry James, at the other extreme, never ceased to regard America as essentially a region removed from European, more specifically Anglo, civilization. Saxon. . . Henry James was a patriot to his race, and his final transfer of citizenship, although immediately provoked by his sense of America's procrastination in the world war, was only the outward sign of a capricious repatriation already completed. The First War came as a shock to James and in July 1915 he became a British citizen in protest against the United States' refusal to enter the war. He was sensitive middle of paper......elham. The art of the novel. New York: Russell & Russell, 1966. Forster, E. M. Roman Sanatı. Trans.Ünal Aytür. Istanbul: Adam Yayınları, 1985. Introductory notes on Henry James. December 14, 2001. Michalski, Robert. "Spirit and Material Possession in the Supernatural Fiction of Henry James". December 14, 2001. Myers, Cathleen. Rev. from “Washington Square and the Wings of the Dove”. November 7, 2001. Wagenknecht, Édouard. The novels of Henry James. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1983. Zervos, Kathry. "The Subtext of Violence in Henry James's The Wings of the Dove: The Sacrificial Crisis." November 21 2001 . .>.