Henry James and the father question

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the text and brief titles; Introduction The nature of inheritance; 1 Autobiography and the writing of significance; 2 Reading the man without a handle : Emerson and the construction of a partial portrait; 3 Under certain circumstances : Jamesian reflections on the fall; 4 Doing public justice : New England reform and The Bostonians; 5 Breaking the mould; Conclusion The imminence of a transformation scene; Notes; Index