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eBook editionsAlice in Jamesland: The Story of Alice Howe Gibbens Jamesby Susan E. Gunter
Review-A-Day"Alice in Jamesland, a fascinating new biography of the formidable wife of William James...'The delightful talk, the serene good nature, the revelation of the artistic nature — it's all wonderfully fine.'" Colm Toibin, The New York Review of Books (read the entire New York Review of Books review) Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Alice in Jamesland, the first biography of Alice Howe Gibbens James—wife of the psychologist and philosopher William James, and sister-in-law of novelist Henry James—was made possible by the rediscovery of hundreds of her letters and papers thought to be destroyed in the 1960s. Encompassing European travel, Civil War profiteering, suicide, a stormy courtship, séances, psychedelic mushrooms, the death of a child, and an enduring love story, Alice in Jamesland is a portrait of a nineteenth-century upper-middle-class marriage, told often through Alices own letters and made all the more dynamic because of her role in the James family. Susan E. Gunter positions Alice as a lens through which to view the family, as a perceptive observer privy to knowledge of relationships to which those outside the James family were not. She also portrays Alice as the cohesive factor that held the Jameses together, bridging the gap between brothers William and Henry and acting as the stable center for a highly gifted but eccentric family. An idealistic, serious young woman, Alice was uniquely suited to join this clan, bringing psychological soundness and unshakeable personal conviction to her union with the Jameses. Her lifes story provides a fascinating view of one of Americas most important intellectual dynasties and offers new insights into the lives of nineteenth-century women. Review:"Susan Gunter's Alice in Jamesland is absolutely indispensable to anyone interested in the James family. Gunter gives us a rich, full life-the first biography-of Alice Gibbens James, wife of William, and in the process illuminates, with hundreds of details available nowhere else, the private domestic worlds of William and Henry James. An impressive achievement." Robert Richardson, author of William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism Review:"This thoroughly researched book offers a lively portrait of Alice Howe Gibbens James and illuminates her significant role in the James family. Susan Gunter has written a fine biography of a singular woman that offers new perspectives on both the inimitable James clan and late nineteenth-century family life in America." Linda Simon, author of Genuine Reality: A Life of William James and William James Remembered About the AuthorSusan E. Gunter is a professor of English at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the coeditor (with Steven H. Jobe) of Dearly Beloved Friends: Henry Jamess Letters to Younger Men and the editor of Dear Munificent Friends: Henry Jamess Letters to Four Women. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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