The Death And Letters Of Alice James by Alice James
Brand: Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Product Description
Full of acerbic insights on English life and manners Alice James diaries have made her a feminist icon Alice James 184892 was the sister of Henry and William James as literary as her more famous brothers butas was typical for a Victorian womannever 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 invalids bed one finds Alice James witty and lyrical but always deeply morbid an artist of the deathbed reminiscent of Kafkas 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 womens history and literature will want. show more
Condition : New
Author : Alice James
Weight : 457.93
Publisher : Distributed Art Publishers Inc.
Language : English
EAN : 9781878972200
ISBN10 : 1878972200
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20040201
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 220 Pages
Dimensions : 156 X 203 X 23