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For Henry Adams at the turn of the twentieth century, as for his successors in the twenty-first, the relation of mind to a world remade by technology and geopolitical conflict largely determined the destiny of civil life. ""Henry Adams and the Need to Know"" presents fourteen essays that articulate Adams' ongoing preoccupation with knowledge, stressing his eclecticism and his need to clarify the role of critical intelligence in public life. Adams' work appeals to a wide spectrum of historical and literary inquiry and claims a place in multiple scholarly contexts. The topics covered in this volume range from international politics (of Adams' age and ours) to portraiture, from orientalism and travel literature to the disintegration of the human mind. Here, leading scholars explore often-overlooked details of Adams' relationships with people and ideas. They reopen settled topics and reframe truisms. Each essay affirms, in one way or another, that to study Adams is to discover his continuing and astonishing relevance.

Author Biography:

Author of The Literary Vocation of Henry Adams, William Merrill Decker is Professor of English at Oklahoma State University. Earl N. Harbert, author of The Force So Much Closer Home: Henry Adams and the Adams Family, is Professor Emeritus at Northeastern University.
Release date NZ
September 19th, 2005
Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Contributors
  • Edited by Earl N. Harbert
  • Edited by William Merrill Decker
Illustrations
6 b&w illustrations
Pages
416
Dimensions
152x229x36
ISBN-13
9780934909877
Product ID
6200864

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