love Henry James, and love how divisive he is with people. It helps to know who actually crossed to the other side of the experiential river. i really think HJ is inaccessible to an entire group of readers, it's just simply not for everyone. in the end it comes down to who you talk to when you're reading. do you talk to yourself? do you talk to the characters? do you talk to the author? HJ writes for the people who talk to the author. if you're in that camp, then everything folds into place.
by the way, if you can't see sick savant's aptitude for the development of literary horror, you're really fuckin missing out. makes me feel bad for you guys.