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by Susan E. Gunter

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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, sances, 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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  • Title Alice in Jamesland: The Story of Alice Howe Gibbens James
  • Author Susan E. Gunter
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nebraska Press
  • Publication date 2009-03-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780803215696 / 080321569X
  • Weight 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.7 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 4.32 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Women - United States, United States - History - 1865-1921
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008037796
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Choice, 08/01/2009, Page 0
  • Christian Century, 07/27/2010, Page 36
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 03/13/2009, Page 19
  • London Review of Books, 06/25/2009, Page 13
  • New York Review of Books, 06/11/2009, Page 44

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Susan E. Gunter is a professor of English at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the coeditor (with Steven H. Jobe) of Dearly Beloved Friends: Henry James's Letters to Younger Men and the editor of Dear Munificent Friends: Henry James's Letters to Four Women.
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