Jane Addams, a Writer's Life

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESSISBN: 9780252076343

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By Katherine Joslin
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''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

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