Abstract
This essay addresses the relationship of writing to embodiment, through representations of bodily sensation and fantasy in the journal of Alice James. It considers Alice James's writing in relation to her two writer brothers, William and Henry, and in light of their father's experiences of impairment and breakdown.
Publication types
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Biography
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Historical Article
MeSH terms
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Breast Neoplasms / history*
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Famous Persons*
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Female
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History, 20th Century
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Humans
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Literature, Modern
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Male
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Medicine in Literature
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Mental Disorders / history*
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Psychophysiologic Disorders / history*
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Siblings*
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United States
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Writing*
Personal name as subject
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Alice James
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William James
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Henry James