Wm and H'ry : Literature, Love, and the Letters Between William and Henry James by Hallman, J. C

University Of Iowa Press, 2013-03-15. 1. Hardcover. Good.

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2013. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Clean, bright pages with no owners' marks; hard cover shows only the lightest of shelfwear at spine ends; the dust jacket is faded over the spine but otherwise excellent. xii, 141pp.

University of Iowa Press, 2013. Hardback. Fine/Fine. clean, unmarked copy.

Univ of Iowa Pr, 2013. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 156 pages. 7.25x5.00x0.80 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Readers generally know only one of the two famous James brothers. Literary types know Henry James; psychologists, philosophers, and religion scholars know William James. In reality, the brothers' minds were inseparable, as the more than eight hundred letters they wrote to each other reveal. In this book, J. C. Hallman mines the letters for mutual affection and influence, painting a moving portrait of a relationship between two extraordinary men. Deeply intimate, sometimes antagonistic, rife with wit, and on the cutting edge of art and science, the letters portray the brothers' relationship and measure the manner in which their dialogue helped shape, through the influence of their literary and intellectual output, the philosophy, science, and literature of the century that followed. William and Henry James served as each other's muse and critic. For instance, the event of the death of Mrs. Sands illustrates what H'ry never stated: even if the… Read More

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