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Prelude : James and biography
'Wondering and dawdling and gaping' in New York City (1843-1855)
Europe and Newport : in search of a 'sensuous education' (1855-1861)
Civil War and 'a consecration to letters' (1861-1869)
Italy and the 'complex fate' of being an American (1869-1872)
Return to Italy and 'an incalculable number of gathered impressions' (1872-1873)
Rome and Paris : Roderick Hudson : an experiment in journalism (1873-1876)
'The wheel of London life' and early novels (1876-1879)
Friendships begin and end : the achievement of The Portrait of a Lady (1879-1881)
Family deaths : new friendships in Europe (1881-1884)
A range of novels : Robert Louis Stevenson and Constance Fenimore Woolson (1885-1887)
'The sawdust & orange-peel phase' begins : The Tragic Muse (1887-1891)
Deaths and losses : theatrical ventures (1891-1895)
Return to 'the sacred fluid of fiction' (1895-1899)
A Roman encounter : 'letting yourself go' (1899-1902)
'Dearly beloved' young men : the final novels (1902-1904)
The 'agreeable and absorbing adventure' of America : the New York Edition and last stories (1904-1909)
Loss of William, 'so shining a presence' : autobiographical writing : the Great War and death (1909-1916).
'Wondering and dawdling and gaping' in New York City (1843-1855)
Europe and Newport : in search of a 'sensuous education' (1855-1861)
Civil War and 'a consecration to letters' (1861-1869)
Italy and the 'complex fate' of being an American (1869-1872)
Return to Italy and 'an incalculable number of gathered impressions' (1872-1873)
Rome and Paris : Roderick Hudson : an experiment in journalism (1873-1876)
'The wheel of London life' and early novels (1876-1879)
Friendships begin and end : the achievement of The Portrait of a Lady (1879-1881)
Family deaths : new friendships in Europe (1881-1884)
A range of novels : Robert Louis Stevenson and Constance Fenimore Woolson (1885-1887)
'The sawdust & orange-peel phase' begins : The Tragic Muse (1887-1891)
Deaths and losses : theatrical ventures (1891-1895)
Return to 'the sacred fluid of fiction' (1895-1899)
A Roman encounter : 'letting yourself go' (1899-1902)
'Dearly beloved' young men : the final novels (1902-1904)
The 'agreeable and absorbing adventure' of America : the New York Edition and last stories (1904-1909)
Loss of William, 'so shining a presence' : autobiographical writing : the Great War and death (1909-1916).