... mindful process of selection and structuring of thoughts taking place, even if the writer is not fully aware of it. When Alice James, the youngest sister of the famous Henry the novelist, and William the psychologist, started journaling, she was 40 years old. She was a sick shut-in, suffering from ... too be reading her thoughts. According to James' her "reader" is male and in the James family, being "male" meant having intelligence, wit, morals and an individual identity, qualities which James' father continually expressed that women lacked. Henry James was the eccentric patriarch of ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate