| The Death and Letters of Alice James: Selected Correspondence Revised Edition Contributor(s): James, Alice (Author), Yeazell, Ruth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1878972200 ISBN-13: 9781878972200 Publisher: Exact Change OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: Alice James (1848-1892)was the sister of Henry and William James. Deprived of any opportunities for a normal "career", Alice James made instead a career out of her lifelong neurasthenic illness and anticipation of death. "A book everyone interested in women's history and literature will want". -- Elaine Showalter. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.07" W x 8.01" (0.73 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Full of acerbic insights on English life and manners, Alice James' diaries have made her a feminist icon Alice James (1848-92) was the sister of Henry and William James, as literary as her more famous brothers, but--as was typical for a Victorian woman--never formally educated and thus deprived of any opportunity for a normal "career." In her introductory biographical essay, Professor Ruth Bernard Yeazell of Yale University argues that Alice James instead made a career of her lifelong neurasthenic illness and anticipation of death. In this selection of letters, many written from the invalid's bed, one finds Alice James witty and lyrical, but always deeply morbid: an artist of the deathbed, reminiscent of Kafka's fictional Hunger Artist. Susan Sontag was inspired by this book to write her play, Alice in Bed, and critic Elaine Showalter has said that The Death and Letters of Alice James is "a book everyone interested in women's history and literature will want." |