The Father: A Life of Henry James, Sr.

by Alfred Habegger

Book Overview

A thoroughly researched biography of Henry James, Sr., the father of author William, philosopher Henry Jr., and diarist Alice, presents an in-depth portrait of a complex, brilliant man whose restless... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374153833
• ISBN13: 9780374153830
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 578 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.9" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

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Perhaps the definitive account of James, Sr. You have to have a taste for both James and the author's thought processes, but if you are intellectually adventurous, the book will richly repay the reading. For insights on Swedenborgian theology, and copious documentation on Sr,'s profoundly anti-institutional ecclesiology, I am eternally grateful. Always supremely confident in his own abilities, if Henry James, Sr. were alive today, well, that'd just be absolutely insane. You should read this book.