num_pages: 384
description: For William James, work was the problem. Ultimately, going to work was the resolution, and James's quest for meaningful work remains as relevant at the end of the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth. Weaving letters, diaries, drawings, and published texts, Becoming William James provides a convincing biographical analysis rich in detail and tone. In his new introduction, Howard M. Feinstein adds biological psychiatry to psychoanalytic and family systems theories to inform our understanding of a complex man. In addition, he discusses whether James's mental illness might have been treated with drugs.
language: English
title: Becoming William James
titlecomplete: Becoming William James
genres: Biography
ratings_count: 11
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Cornell University Press