The voice of Harriet Taylor Mill / Jo Ellen Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Jo Ellen, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophers' spouses--England--Biography.

Philosophers' spouses.

Philosophers--England--Biography.

Philosophers.

Mill, Harriet Hardy Taylor, 1807-1858.

Mill, Harriet Hardy Taylor.

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

Mill, John Stuart.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Voice of Harriet Taylor Mill is a work about collaboration: Harriet's life with her lover, friends, and members of her family; Harriet's joint work with John Stuart Mill; and the author's interaction with the reader. Jo Ellen Jacobs explores and expands the concept of biography using Salman Rushdie's analogy of history 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 first c

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Textual Introduction; Chronology; Prelude; 1 The Diary; Interlude; 2 Operatic Ensembles; 3 Joint Work; Conclusion; Hardy Family Tree; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

1-282-06277-8

9786612062773

0-253-10930-2

OCLC:

150645540