Intensely Family: The Inheritance of Family Shame and the Autobiographies of Henry James

Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography

by Carol Holly

Documenting the connotations of James's phrase intensely family, this text examines the shame-based psychology bred by his parents and its impact on James's literary career. It draws on a collection of James's unpublished correspondence with his sister-in-law and nephew.

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 1995