Henry James FramedHenry James Framed is a cultural history of Henry James as a work of art. Throughout his life, James demonstrated an abiding interest insome would say an obsession withthe visual arts. In his most influential testaments about the art of fiction, James frequently invoked a deeply felt analogy between imaginative writing and painting. At a time when having a photographic carte de visite was an expected social commonplace, James detested the necessity of