Henry Adams (1) (1838–1918)
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Sobre El Autor
Henry Adams was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 16, 1838, the son of American diplomat Charles Francis Adams and grandson of President John Quincy Adams. Educated at Harvard University, he worked in Washington, D.C., as his father's secretary before embarking on a career in journalism and mostrar más later in teaching. A prominent American historian, he wrote several important historical works. His works include The Education of Henry Adams, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, Esther: A Novel, and Democracy: An American Novel. He died on March 27, 1918 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Marian Hooper Adams
Series
Obras de Henry Adams
History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson (1986) 551 copias
History of the United States During the Administrations of James Madison (Library of America) (1921) 417 copias
The Formative Years: A History of the United States During the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison by Henry Adams (1947) 10 copias
History of the United States during the administration of Jefferson and Madison [abridged] (1889) 7 copias
The Private Jefferson: Perspectives from the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (2016) — Contribuidor — 6 copias
The Writings of Albert Gallatin 5 copias
The Education of Henry Adams and other selected writings, Edited and Abridged with an Introduction by Edward N. Saveth (1963) 4 copias
History of the United States of America during the first administration of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 1 (1889) 4 copias
History of the United States During the Second Administration of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 1 (1921) 4 copias
History of the United States of America during the second administration of James Madison, vol. 1 (1891) 4 copias
History of the United States of America during the first administration of James Madison (2019) 3 copias
History of the United States of America During the First Administration of Thomas Jefferson (1986) 2 copias
Henry Adams (The Great Histories) 2 copias
History of the United States of America During the Second Administration of James Madison, Volume III (1999) 2 copias
History of the United States of America During the Administration of Thomas Jefferson (Books III and IV) (1930) 2 copias
Complete Works of Henry Adams 1 copia
The Modern Library 1 copia
Tahiti; memoirs of Arii Taimai 1 copia
History of the United States of America (1801–1817): Volume 8: During the Second Administration of James Madison… (2011) 1 copia
History of the United States of America during the first administration of James Madison, Volume II 1 copia
Selections for Discussion, Great Books Discussion Groups: 4: the Education of Henry Adams & Chekhov: the Three Sisters… (1977) 1 copia
The Education of Henry Adams Quite Simply the Greatest Autobiography of American Letters (1961) 1 copia
History of the United States of America During the Second Administration of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) (2016) 1 copia
History of the United States of America during the second administration of Thomas Jefferson (Volume 4) (1921) 1 copia
Letters from Japan 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker (2000) — Contribuidor — 437 copias
Shaking the Foundations: 200 Years of Investigative Journalism in America (Nation Books) (2003) — Contribuidor — 45 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Adams, Henry
- Nombre legal
- Adams, Henry Brooks
- Otros nombres
- Compton, Frances Snow
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1838-02-16
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1918-03-27
- Lugar de sepultura
- Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
London, England, UK
Washington, D.C., USA
France
Japan
Russia (mostrar todos 9)
China
Tahiti
Samoa - Educación
- Harvard University (BA|1858)
University of Berlin - Ocupaciones
- historian
professor
novelist
poet
biographer
essayist (mostrar todos 8)
reporter
editor - Relaciones
- Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. (brother)
Adams, Brooks (brother)
Adams, Charles Francis (father)
Adams, John Quincy (grandfather)
Adams, John (great-grandfather)
Adams, Abigail (great-grandmother) (mostrar todos 18)
Adams, Marian Hooper (wife)
Adams, Samuel (cousin)
Lodge, Henry Cabot (student)
King, Clarence (friend)
Hay, John (friend)
La Farge, John (friend)
Cameron, Elizabeth (friend)
Richardson, Henry Hobson (friend)
Howells, William Dean (friend)
Wharton, Edith (friend)
Berenson, Bernard (friend)
Lodge, George Cabot (friend) - Organizaciones
- Phi Kappa Psi
Irving Literary Society
Boston Daily Advertiser
New York Times
Harvard University
American Historical Association (president) (mostrar todos 7)
North American Review - Premios y honores
- Bowdoin Prize (1858)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1875)
American Antiquarian Society (1994)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 78
- También por
- 13
- Miembros
- 6,746
- Popularidad
- #3,630
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 86
- ISBNs
- 471
- Idiomas
- 7
- Favorito
- 12
First published in 1904 as a kind of guidebook for younger family members to bring with them to Europe, this book benefits from the fact that it was written by the kind of rich, connected nineteenth-century dude (Henry Adams' paternal grandfather and great-grandfather were both U.S. presidents) who had the means and time to spend months travelling western Europe and lingering over historic sites. Adams knows a lot about not just Mont-Saint-Michel and the cathedral of Chartres, but also many other medieval ecclesiastical buildings!
Adams also clearly felt unconstrained by the kinds of qualms that later historians would feel about making sweeping statements about their subjects. He is all wild claims ("In no well-regulated community, under a proper system of police, could the Virgin feel at home, and the same thing may be said of most other saints as well as sinners") and stuff that sounds nice and poetic but doesn't really mean anything ("The man who wanders into the twelfth century is lost, unless he can grow prematurely young") and hilarious swipes at some major historical figures (Héloise of Argenteuil was "by French standards, worth at least a dozen Abélards, if only because she called Saint Bernard a false apostle"; Abélard "taught philosophy to [Héloise] not so much because he believed in philosophy or in her as because he believed in himself").
I found this all deeply entertaining. It's not good history—not only has some of what Adams got to say here been superseded by later research, but it's all built on a whole foundation of weirdo paternalistic sexism and more than a smattering of antisemitism—and I wouldn't recommend reading it as such. For a variety of reasons, historians aren't really trained to write like Adams anymore, but I do feel a little envious about the leeway Adams had to just say fuck it and write about a vibe. If he's still to be read today, it should be for that.… (más)