FTP, name this American novelist of The American, The Golden Bowl, and The Portrait of a Lady.
His vocal reading of Emily Bronte's poem "Remembrance" is lauded in another writer's autobiography A Backward Glance.  Another anecdote relates how this writer gave the idea for the novel Trilby to George DuMaurier.  His own critical writings include French Poets and Novelists and a series of prefaces to the New York Edition revisions of his earlier novels.  Some of those novels include Watch and Ward, The Spoils of Poynton, and The Princess Casamassima.  FTP, name this American novelist of The American, The Golden Bowl, and The Portrait of a Lady.
His vocal reading of Emily Bronte's poem "Remembrance" is lauded in another writer's autobiography A Backward Glance.  
Henry James (prompt on just last name)