The Literature Network - Harper's Monthly Magazine

Harper's Monthly Magazine

Content courtesy of

From: The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature
Date: 19860101
Author:James D. Hart

Harper's Monthly Magazine (1850–), founded at New York by Harper and Brothers, with Henry J. Raymond as editor during the first six years. This eclectic literary periodical at first drew widely on British authors, including Dickens, Thackeray, Charles Lever, Trollope, Wilkie Collins, and Hardy, but under the editorship (1869–1919) of Henry M. Alden it printed an increasing amount of American material, including contributions by such diverse authors as Melville, De Forest, Nordhoff, Elizabeth S. Phelps, Henry James, C. D. Warner, Howells, ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Other Articles on Henry James

Works of Henry James: Henry James's Morality

Works of Henry James: Henry James 1843 - 1916

La vie en James.(ESSAY)(Henry James Goes to Paris)(Book review)

James, Henry: Henry James: The Mature Master.(Brief article)(Book review)

Works of Henry James: Introduction

Henry James In search of the real Henry James BOOKS & IDEAS

Regarding Henry Though often lucid and insightful, biography distorts some aspects of James's life

Henry James: Novels 1901-1902.(Henry James: Novels 1901-1902; The Sacred Fount; The Wings of the Dove )(Brief article)(Book review)

OBIT - MEADOWS, JAMES HENRY

Dearly Beloved Friends: Henry James's Letters to Younger Men.(The Nature of True Virtue: Theology, Psychology, and Politics in the Writings of Henry James, Sr., Henry James, Jr., and William James)(Book Review)

Find More Articles

About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.