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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226758591

ISBN-139780226758596

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Book TitleGenuine Reality : Alife of William James

Number of Pages528 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPhilosophers, Movements / Pragmatism, Social Scientists & Psychologists, General

Publication Year1999

IllustratorYes

GenrePhilosophy, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorLinda Simon

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight24.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-053050

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal191 B

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. Mortification 2. Gestation 3. Appetites and Affections: 1847-1855 4. Other People's Rules: 1855-1860 5. Spiritual Dangers: 1860-1865 6. Descent: 1866-1870 7. Absolute Beginnings: 1870-1874 8. Engaged: 1875-1878 9. Gifts: 1878-1882 10. An Entirely New Segment of Life: 1882-1884 11. The Lost Child: 1885-1887 12. Family Romance: 1888-1890 13. Surcharged with Vitality: 1890-1893 14. Real Fights: 1894-1896 15. Civic Genius: 1897-1898 16. A Gleam of the End: 1899-1901 17. A Temper of Peace 18. Mental Pirouettes: 1906-1907 19. The Pitch of Life: 1908-1909 20. Eclipse: 1910 Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisIntellectual rebel, romantic pragmatist, aristocratic pluralist, William James was both a towering figure of the nineteenth century and a harbinger of the twentieth. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including 1,500 letters between James and his wife, acclaimed biographer Linda Simon creates an intimate portrait of this multifaceted and contradictory man. Exploring James's irrepressible family, his diverse friends, and the cultural and political forces to which he so energetically responded, Simon weaves the many threads of William James's life into a genuine, and vibrant, reality. "William James . . . has never seemed so vulnerably human as in Linda Simon's biography. . . . [S]he vivifies James in such a way that his life and thought come freshly alive for the modern reader."-David S. Reynolds, New York Times Book Review "Superb. . . . Genuine Reality is recommended reading for all soul-searchers."-George Gurley, Chicago Tribune "Ms. Simon . . . has provided an ideal pathway for James's striding. . . . [Y]ou become engaged in his struggles as if they were your own."-Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times "[A]n excellent narrative biography at once sensitively told and lucidly written."-John Patrick Diggins, Wall Street Journal, Intellectual rebel, romantic pragmatist, aristocratic pluralist, William James was both a towering figure of the nineteenth century and a harbinger of the twentieth. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including 1,500 letters between James and his wife, acclaimed biographer Linda Simon creates an intimate portrait of this multifaceted and contradictory man. Exploring James's irrepressible family, his diverse friends, and the cultural and political forces to which he so energetically responded, Simon weaves the many threads of William James's life into a genuine, and vibrant, reality. "William James . . . has never seemed so vulnerably human as in Linda Simon's biography. . . . S]he vivifies James in such a way that his life and thought come freshly alive for the modern reader."--David S. Reynolds, New York Times Book Review "Superb. . . . Genuine Reality is recommended reading for all soul-searchers."--George Gurley, Chicago Tribune "Ms. Simon . . . has provided an ideal pathway for James's striding. . . . Y]ou become engaged in his struggles as if they were your own."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times " A]n excellent narrative biography at once sensitively told and lucidly written."--John Patrick Diggins, Wall Street Journal, Intellectual rebel, romantic pragmatist, aristocratic pluralist, William James was both a towering figure of the nineteenth century and a harbinger of the twentieth. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including 1,500 letters between James and his wife, acclaimed biographer Linda Simon creates an intimate portrait of this multifaceted and contradictory man. Exploring James's irrepressible family, his diverse friends, and the cultural and political forces to which he so energetically responded, Simon weaves the many threads of William James's life into a genuine, and vibrant, reality. "William James . . . has never seemed so vulnerably human as in Linda Simon's biography. . . . [S]he vivifies James in such a way that his life and thought come freshly alive for the modern reader."--David S. Reynolds, New York Times Book Review "Superb. . . . Genuine Reality is recommended reading for all soul-searchers."--George Gurley, Chicago Tribune "Ms. Simon . . . has provided an ideal pathway for James's striding. . . . [Y]ou become engaged in his struggles as if they were your own."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times "[A]n excellent narrative biography at once sensitively told and lucidly written."--John Patrick Diggins, Wall Street Journal

LC Classification NumberB945.J24S485 1999