Henry Adams in Washington / Ormond Seavey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seavey, Ormond, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.

Adams, Henry.

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

Washington (D.C.).

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

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

Historians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 375 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville ; London : 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:

Fiction and History in Washington, D.C.

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

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

Democracy: The Novel as Disguised Autobiography

Echoes of Democracy in Henry James

Gallatin: The Cosmopolitan Frontiersman Jeffersonian

John Randolph: Biography as Satire

"History Has Many Cunning Passages"

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

"The Reign of Politics Showed No Sign of Ending"

Esther and an Attempted Rescue

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

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813944630

0813944635