Mark Twain and William James: Crafting a Free Self

By Jason Gary Horn

The first documented meeting between Mark Twain and William James took place while both vacationed with their families in Florence, Italy, in 1892. "I have seen him a couple of times," James wrote... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826210724
• ISBN13: 9780826210722
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5

Customer Reviews

Provides a fresh estimate of Twain as thinker and writer.

Jason Horn offers the first thorough investigation of the relationship between Mark Twain and William James, emphasizing Twain's friendship with James beyond their shared intellectual interests. He uses James to understand Twain as thinker and to illuminate Twain's often vaguely defined religious and philosophical observations. The book provides a fresh estimate of Mark Twain's later years and challenges readers to discover a new way of seeing one of America's important and endearing writers.