Genius triumphs in saga of tormented William James

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: March 4, 1998| Author: CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT | Copyright information

Genuine Reality: A Life of William James. By Linda Simon. Harcourt Brace & Co. 467 pages. $35.

In the introduction to her compelling new biography, "Genuine Reality: A Life of William James," Linda Simon emphasizes the contradictoriness in his attitudes toward religion, politics, money and family.

At the outset of her narrative, she underscores why we still think of James, who lived from 1842 to 1910, in such multiple guises: Harvard professor; philosopher; psychologist; spiri...

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