The voice of Harriet Taylor Mill / Jo Ellen Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Jo Ellen, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mill, Harriet Hardy Taylor, 1807-1858.

Mill, Harriet Hardy Taylor.

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873--Marriage.

Mill, John Stuart.

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873.

Philosophers' spouses--England--Biography.

Philosophers' spouses.

Marriage.

England.

Philosophers--England--Biography.

Philosophers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 270 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2002]

Summary:

The Voice of Harriet Taylor Mill is a work about collaboration: Harriet'slife with her lover, friends, and members of her family; Harriet's joint work withJohn Stuart Mill; and the author's interaction with the reader. Jo Ellen Jacobsexplores and expands the concept of biography using Salman Rushdie's analogy ofhistory as a process of "chutnification." She gives Harriet's life"shape and form -- that is to say, meaning" in a way that will"possess the authentic taste of truth." In the firstchapter, the first 30 years of Harriet's life are presented in the format of afirst-person diary -- one not actually written by HTM herself. The text is based onletters and historical context, but the style suggests the intimate experience ofreading someone's journal. The second chapter continues the chronological account ofHTM until her death in 1858. In an interlude between the first and second chapters, Jacobs pauses to explore Harriet's life with John Stuart Mill; and in the finalchapter, she argues persuasively that Harriet and John collaborated extensively onmany works, including On Liberty.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-263) and index.

ISBN:

0253340713

OCLC:

47989781