House of Wits: An Intimate Portrait of the James FamilyMacmillan, 2009 M05 26 - 693 pages "A sweeping biography . . . [Fisher] gives fair and sympathetic time to everyone, and provides a lively and detailed social history of the period." —The New York Times |
Contents
A CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT OF THE JAMESES | 1 |
1 THE VOYAGE OF THE ATLANTIC | 11 |
2 PANIC | 27 |
3 SHADOW PASSIONS | 57 |
4 THE NURSERY OF GENIUSES | 85 |
5 Hotel Children | 118 |
6 IMPLOSION | 153 |
7 ATHENIAN EROS | 190 |
12 ABANDONMENT | 378 |
13 STEAMER NEWS | 423 |
14 SPIRITS | 471 |
15 CURTAIN CALLS | 504 |
16 THE IMPERIAL TWILIGHT | 543 |
17 THE EMPEROR IN THE ROOM | 585 |
Notes | 601 |
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