Was Henry James a realist in the nineteenth century?Can you name some of his works?

Realism is writing that took place during the 19th
Century, and was much different than the works produced by the Romantics. As its name
suggests, the authors of realistic pieces were committed to portraying the world in a
realistic fashion.

Harmon and Holman clearly delineate
realism from other kinds of literature. The Romantic writers (in the early 1800s) looked
for the ideal, the best possible outcome; naturalists looked for what was accurate or
simply "superficial," but directed their sites on scientific law that would provide
guidelines to explain the truth in writing; and, realists were interested in writing
about the present day, living in the moment, and facing the outcome or effects of that
living:

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'Where romanticists transcend the immediate to
find the ideal, and naturalists plumb the actual or superficial to find the scientific
laws that control its actions, realists center their attention to a remarkable degree on
the immediate, the here and now, the specific action, and the verifiable
consequence'

Henry James is
listed among a group of well-known and talented writers of realism. The period when this
kind of literature was being produced is generally seen to run from the Civil War to the
time that welcomed the 20th Century.

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In American literature, the term "realism"
encompasses the period of time from the Civil War to the turn of the century during
which William Dean Howells, Rebecca Harding Davis, Henry James, Mark Twain, and others
wrote fiction devoted to accurate representation and an exploration of American lives in
various contexts.

In
directing his talents to writing in the realism genre, James explored the very complex
nature of the connections or associations between
people.

Henry
James’s novels detail the complexities of human
relationships.

Some of Henry
James' work include novels such as The American, The
Europeans, Daisy Miller, The Portrait of a
Lady, The Wings of the Dove, The
Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl. He also wrote essays
about other writers, including Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Dickens and George Eliot,
as well as "theater reviews and essays" on playwrights including William Shakespeare and
Henrik Ibsen.