Abstract
ENRY JAMES observes in his Notebook entries concerning what was to become Wings of the Dove: The little story que j'entrevois here suddenly seems to remind me of Ed. About's Germaine, read long years ago and but dimly remembered. But I don't care for that.l In their following discussion Matthiessen and Murdock state that when he finally brought [his material] to expression, he had moved... from any reminiscences of a plot of Edmond About's. His accumulated resources of pity and terror enabled him to produce his principal tragedy. Here it appears the question of any debt he might have owed to About has largely rested. Even Freudian-oriented critics have seen little in the fact of James's making reference to Germaine only to deny obtaining anything from it. One simply explores elsewhere if one's interest in Wings of the Dove has to do with possible sources and influences.
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