Chaucer and Henry James: Surprising Bedfellows

Author / Editor
Steele, Elizabeth.

Title
Chaucer and Henry James: Surprising Bedfellows

Published
Henry James Review 13 (1992): 126-42.

Description
Tallies parallels between James's "The American" and Chaucer's TC, including aspects of characterization (James "splits" Chaucer's major characters), plot, and diction.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.