"Education had ended in 1871, life was complete in 1890." With this paradoxical statement, Adams apparently dismissed from the record twenty of the most interesting and active years of his career. Opening on the highest note of expectation and closing with his desperate flight to the South Seas in 1890, a divided and lonely figure, that season of fulfillment and inner growth is the subject of this book. Through detailed analyses of Adams' writings, Samuels shows how this drama eventually became transformed into works of ...
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"Education had ended in 1871, life was complete in 1890." With this paradoxical statement, Adams apparently dismissed from the record twenty of the most interesting and active years of his career. Opening on the highest note of expectation and closing with his desperate flight to the South Seas in 1890, a divided and lonely figure, that season of fulfillment and inner growth is the subject of this book. Through detailed analyses of Adams' writings, Samuels shows how this drama eventually became transformed into works of literary art.
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NF in NF jacket. Olive paper over boards with black quarter-binding, in series-uniform olive, black and yellow jacket with photo of Adams to front, 8vo. xx + 514pp. Index, bibliography, endnotes. Parkman Prize bookclub edition (trade standrard construction). Facsimile reprint of 1958 edition with new introduction by Andrew Burstein. NF/NF. Book has mild spine slant toward upper end with no effect on tight, strong binding; faint staining with no associated effects upper page edges. Jacket has light curl and abrasion along upper edges. Bookand jacket are otherwise as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. Jacket in Brodat. Not ex-lib.
