For William James, work was the problem. Ultimately, going to work was the resolution, and James's quest for meaningful work remains as relevant at the end of the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth. Weaving letters, diaries, drawings, and published texts, Becoming William James provides a convincing biographical analysis rich in detail and tone. In his new introduction, Howard M. Feinstein adds biological psychiatry to psychoanalytic and family systems theories to inform our understanding of a complex man. In addition, he discusses whether James's mental illness might have been treated with drugs.
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"The best and truest thing one could say about the richly provocative Becoming William James is that William, while perhaps raising an eyebrow here and there, would have welcomed it and praised it lavishly."-R.W.B. Lewis, Times Literary Supplement
"A study equal in richness to James himself."-American Historical Review
"Howard Feinstein has written a brilliant study of William's crises over idleness, illness, and vocation within the context of intense parental and sibling entanglement."-Richard Poirier, London Review of Books
"A study equal in richness to James himself."-American Historical Review
"Howard Feinstein has written a brilliant study of William's crises over idleness, illness, and vocation within the context of intense parental and sibling entanglement."-Richard Poirier, London Review of Books
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Psychologically informed, but with no psychobabble -- respectful of James, and of other members of that famous family -- but not uncritical. This is a terrific biography, which deserves many readers.
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IN THE AUTUMN OF 1874 a new instructor joined the Harvard faculty to teach comparative anatomy and physiology to upper-level undergraduates. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Henry James, William James, New York, Mary James, Alice James, William of Albany, Civil War, Robertson James, Garth Wilkinson James, Lawrence Scientific School, United States, Charles Eliot, John La Farge, Tom Ward, Mary Walsh James, New England, Fort Wagner, John Brown, Aunt Kate, Chauncey Wright, Joseph Henry, Ralph Barton Perry, William Morris Hunt, Mary Ann, Oliver Wendell Holmes New!
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Henry James, William James, New York, Mary James, Alice James, William of Albany, Civil War, Robertson James, Garth Wilkinson James, Lawrence Scientific School, United States, Charles Eliot, John La Farge, Tom Ward, Mary Walsh James, New England, Fort Wagner, John Brown, Aunt Kate, Chauncey Wright, Joseph Henry, Ralph Barton Perry, William Morris Hunt, Mary Ann, Oliver Wendell Holmes New!
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- The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 1 by William James on 4 pages
- Henry James by Leon Edel on 4 pages
- The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James in Front Matter, page 242, and Back Matter
- Roderick Hudson (Penguin Classics) by Henry James on page 65, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Henry James: Critical Assessments (Critical Assessments of Writers in English) by Graham Clarke on page 80, and Back Matter
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- American Pragmatism: A Religious Genealogy (AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion) by M. Gail Hamner in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Henry James and the Father Question (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture) by Andrew Taylor in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Science, Community, and the Transformation of American Philosophy, 1860-1930 by Daniel J. Wilson on page 23, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- To Thine Own Self Be True: The Relationship Between Spiritual Values and Emotional Health by Lewis M. Andrews in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death by Deborah Blum in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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