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基本説明
The first biography of Alice Howe Gibbens James - wife of the psychologist and philospher William James and sister-in-law of novelist Henry James.
Full Description
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 Alice's 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 life's story provides a fascinating view of one of America's most important intellectual dynasties and offers new insights into the lives of nineteenth-century women.
Contents
List of FiguresList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPrologue1. Stirrings2. New Ventures3. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not4. Alice in Jamesland5. The Grief Child6. New Directions7. 95 Irving Street and Beyond8. On Sabbatical9. The Will to Endure10. To Nauheim11. Mendings 12. A Form of Use 13. Lull Before the Storm 14. The Poet in Her 15. Last Things 16. The Philosopher's Widow 17. Passages 18. What to Make of a Diminished Thing Genealogy Charts Alice Howe Gibbens James Genealogy Chart William James Genealogy Chart Illustrations Notes Index
