'The Beast in the Jungle' by Henry James

'In the case of Henry James there should not be much dispute about the exactness and completeness of the representation; no man ever strove more studiously or on the whole more successfully to reproduce the shape and color and movement of his         æsthetic experience.' These are the remarks of Stuart P. Sherman from his article entitled 'The Aesthetic Idealism of Henry James,' from The Nation, p. 397, April 5, 1917. Now, some seventy-two years later critical …

…write the story; he would have died before having the proper knowledge. Actually, I could spend ten pages defending my view that this story is autobiographical. But in so many words that is my understanding of this material. Unfortunately, I feel that at the present time I can not fully exhibit everything I've learned. I see my experience of this course emerging more with the passing of time as I apply it to future coursework.