“The first sustained analysis of Hawthorne’s influence upon James’s fiction over an extended period. . . . Long offers new insights, showing himself particularly adept in tracing literary associations.”
—Nineteenth-Century Fiction

“It fills a gap in accounts of how James started his career as a writer. . . . Valuable study.”
—Times Literary Supplement

“The definitive, long-awaited discussion of the literary relationship between James and his most important American influence.”
—American Literary Scholarship