Within the Rim and Other Essays
Within the Rim and Other Essays
By Henry James
7 Sep, 2019
Within the Rim and Other Essays is a collection of five essays by Henry James on the First World War: “Within the Rim”, “Refugees in Chelsea”, “The American Volunteer Ambulance Corps in France”, “France” and “The Long Wards”. The
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Within the Rim and Other Essays is a collection of five essays by Henry James on the First World War: “Within the Rim”, “Refugees in Chelsea”, “The American Volunteer Ambulance Corps in France”, “France” and “The Long Wards”. The essays were written during 1914 and 1915, in the months before James’s final illness, and were published separately between 1914 and 1917. These essays have not received much critical attention, perhaps because they reveal a more modern and more politicized James than many readers would recognize. Several of them were adopted as fund-raising pieces for war-related charities Less