Writing the Self: Henry James and America

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 7
List of Abbreviations......Page 8
1 Letting Yourself Go......Page 10
2 Surrendering to the Messages of New York......Page 23
3 Boston and Cambridge......Page 40
4 Asking 'as few questions as possible' in Arcadian New England......Page 59
5 Hearing the Voices of the South......Page 77
6 'Unwritten history'......Page 90
7 'Doing something' for the Soldiers of the Civil War......Page 107
8 Life-Writing for the Man of Letters......Page 120
9 'An influence beyone my notation'......Page 147
10 Opening Doors into The Sense of the Past......Page 165
11 'A Round of Visits'......Page 183
12 Waking Up to 'some pretty big things' in The Ivory Tower......Page 201
Notes......Page 220
Bibliography......Page 252
Index......Page 264