| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Contents |
Fiction and History in Washington, D.C. -- The Mighty Machinery and the Hands on It: Henry Adams's Washington -- "No Doubt They All Bore More or Less the Stamp of Boston" -- Democracy: The Novel as Disguised Autobiography -- Echoes of Democracy in Henry James -- Gallatin: The Cosmopolitan Frontiersman Jeffersonian -- John Randolph: Biography as Satire -- "History Has Many Cunning Passages" -- "Could It Take Permanent Political Shape? Could It Give New Life to Religion and Art?" -- "The Reign of Politics Showed No Sign of Ending" -- Esther and an Attempted Rescue -- Conversation, Edward Gibbon, Clover Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Summary |
"This book examines the writings and life of Henry Adams during his time in Washington, D.C."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 10, 2020) |
| Subject |
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. History of the United States during the administrations of Jefferson and Madison
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. Democracy
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. Life of Albert Gallatin
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| SUBJECT |
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. Life of Albert Gallatin
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. Democracy
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. History of the United States during the administrations of Jefferson and Madison
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918 fast |
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Democracy (Adams, Henry) fast |
| Subject |
Historians -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
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Historians -- Washington (D.C.) -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
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Historians
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Literature
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| SUBJECT |
Washington (D.C.) -- In literature
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Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
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| Subject |
Washington (D.C.)
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020016906 |
| ISBN |
9780813944654 |
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0813944651 |
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