Henry Adams in Washington : linking the personal and public lives of America's man of letters / Ormond Seavey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seavey, Ormond, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.

Adams, Henry.

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. History of the United States during the administrations of Jefferson and Madison.

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. Democracy.

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. Life of Albert Gallatin.

Democracy (Adams, Henry).

Historians--Washington (D.C.)--Biography.

Historians.

Historians--Washington (D.C.)--History and criticism.

History.

Washington (D.C.)--In literature.

Washington (D.C.).

Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.

Literature.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This book examines the writings and life of Henry Adams during his time in Washington, D.C."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Fiction and History in Washington, D.C.

2. The Mighty Machinery and the Hands on It: Henry Adams's Washington

3. "No Doubt They All Bore More or Less the Stamp of Boston"

4. Democracy: The Novel as Disguised Autobiography

5. Echoes of Democracy in Henry James

6. Gallatin: The Cosmopolitan Frontiersman Jeffersonian

7. John Randolph: Biography as Satire

8. "History Has Many Cunning Passages"

9. "Could It Take Permanent Political Shape? Could It Give New Life to Religion and Art?"

10. "The Reign of Politics Showed No Sign of Ending"

11. Esther and an Attempted Rescue

12. Conversation, Edward Gibbon, Clover Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-351) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Seavey, Ormond, 1944- Henry Adams in Washington.

ISBN:

9780813944630

0813944635

9780813944647

0813944643

OCLC:

1142004509