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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.

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Publié par	Nebraska
Date de parution	01 mars 2009
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780803222755
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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King Oak Hill House, Weymouth, Massachusetts, Alice’s birthplace Alice, Mary, and Margaret Gibbens,'.,(–,) Daniel Lewis Gibbens Jr., c.'.,) Daniel Lewis Gibbens Sr.,'.*( Henry James Sr., c.'.,+ William James, c.'.,+ Leonora Piper during a trance state '/&(sketch of the Chocorua house /+Irving Street, early'./&s Alice H. G. James and Francis Tweedy,'./' Margaret Mary James, c.'./& Alice James,'./' Alice H. G. James, Peggy James, William James, and Henry James at Lamb House, c.'/&& Eveleen Tennant Myers’s watercolor sketch of Château Carquéranne,'/&& Peggy James, c.'/&, William and Henry James, c.'/&*–+ Alice H. G. James and William James, c.'/&*–+ William James diary entries Robertson James, c.'/&-The “Bee,”'/'+ Henry James II, c.'/&+ William James on his deathbed, August'/'& Billy James, Alice H. G. James, and Eliza Gibbens holding William James III,'/') Fredericka James, c.'/'-Bruce Porter and Peggy James Porter with Robin Porter,'/'. Peggy James Porter, Aleck James, and Alice H. G. James with Sandy, Dublin, New Hampshire,'/((

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\_hij" _ j^Wda m[ijc_dij[h Yebb[][for a sabbatical leave and a Gore Summer Research Grant; I also thank the Houghton Library at Har-vard University for awarding me the William Dean Howells Fellowship in American Literature in(&&+to complete archival work on this book. Bay James graciously granted me permission to use archival unpublished James family documents; she also organized the memorable visit to Choc-orua, New Hampshire, in(&&+, so that I could visit Alice’s summer home. Alice H. G. James’s grandson Michael James was an invaluable help; get-ting to know him was the best part of this project. Other James family members, including Henry James IV, Robertson James, Sara James-Ri-leau, and John Hunter Gray, generously shared their knowledge of fam-ily history. Roberta Sheehan kindly allowed me access to the Alice Howe Gibbens Collection of the late William James III of Santa Fe, documents that made the book possible. Alfred Habegger encouraged me to pursue this project and helped me plan the book’s organization, suggesting a chronological organization. He proffered excellent advice on writing biography based on his work on Henry James Sr. and Emily Dickinson. Conversations with Eugene Taylor, Randall Albright, and Roberta Sheehan gave me direction for my study of William James’s work. Sheldon Novick generously shared

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