Jane Addams, A Writer's Life: A Writer's Life - Couverture rigide

Joslin, Katherine

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ISBN 10 : 0252029232 ISBN 13 : 9780252029233

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2004

Synopsis

The story of the literary woman behind the public figure

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Katherine Joslin's Jane Addams, A Writer's Life is a splendidly researched and masterfully written study of what is arguably the most extensive, wide-ranging, and enduring achievement of this remarkable woman, Addams's public and personal writing. Joslin's book enables us to appreciate how essential reading and writing were to Addams's understanding of life and, more importantly, how much the persuasive power of her ideas is inseparable from the eloquence of her literary expression. 'The fact is, Madam,' the philosopher William James wrote in admiration, 'that you are not like the rest of us who seek the truth and try to express it. You inhabit reality; and when you open your mouth truth can't help being uttered.' Joslin brilliantly reveals the reality Addams inhabited and the truths she uttered." --Carl Smith, Northwestern University

"A breakthrough interdisciplinary study of the writings of Jane Addams, set in intense cultural and intellectual context. An extremely multidimensional and creative work, it deals seriously with the entire span of Addams's creative output, from childhood writings to final publications. There is simply no other book like this. I cannot over-emphasize its contribution." --Barbara Bair, The Jane Addams Papers Project, Duke University

"Joslin combines meticulous research with an intimate knowledge of her subject matter for a commanding literary biography." --Sheila Teahan, Michigan State University

Présentation de l'éditeur

"Jane Addams, a Writer's Life" is an expansive, revealing, and refreshing re-examination of the renowned reformer as an imaginative writer. Jane Addams is best known for her groundbreaking social work at Hull-House, the force of her efforts toward Progressive political and social reform, and the bravery of her commitment to pacifism, for which she received the Nobel Peace Prize. Katherine Joslin moves beyond this history to present Addams as a literary figure, one whose writing employed a synthesis of fictional and analytical prose that appealed to a wide audience. Joslin traces Addams' style from her early works, "Philanthropy and Social Progress" and her contributions to "Hull House Maps and Papers", influenced by Florence Kelley, to her modernist and experimental last books, "The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House" and "My Friend, Julia Lathrop", placing Addams in the context of other Chicago writers including Theodore Dreiser, Upton Sinclair, Harriet Monroe, Frank Norris and James T. Farrell. Joslin's close readings showcase Addams' distinguishing literary devices, such as using stories about people rather than sociological argument to make moral points. As Joslin pursues the argument that Addams' power as a public figure stemmed from the success of her books and essays, Addams herself emerges as a literary woman.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252029232
• ISBN 13: 9780252029233
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible