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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449728203321

Autore

Jacobs Jo Ellen <1952->

Titolo

The voice of Harriet Taylor Mill [[electronic resource] /] / Jo Ellen Jacobs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-06277-8

9786612062773

0-253-10930-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

192

B

Soggetti

Philosophers' spouses - England

Philosophers - England

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-263) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Textual Introduction; Chronology; Prelude; 1 The Diary; Interlude; 2 Operatic Ensembles; 3 Joint Work; Conclusion; Hardy Family Tree; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The Voice of Harriet Taylor Mill is a work about collaboration: Harriet's life with her lover, friends, and members of her family; Harriet's joint work with John Stuart Mill; and the author's interaction with the reader. Jo Ellen Jacobs explores and expands the concept of biography using Salman Rushdie's analogy of history as a process of ""chutnification."" She gives Harriet's life ""shape and form -- that is to say, meaning"" in a way that will ""possess the authentic taste of truth."" In the first c