Introduction

Abstract

When we began to plan this special issue of the Henry James Review, the world was more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, which was a constant subject of deep concern, disruption, anxiety, and conflict. The 2016 Henry James Review forum issue (37.3) on "Illness, Age, and Death" brought into sharp focus, as Susan M. Griffin wrote in her introduction, that "Illness, age, and death preoccupy Henry James from the beginning to the end of his writing life." Henry James's physical ailments motivated him to seek healthy living habits, from horseback riding and spa treatments, to walking and bicycling, for example.