Additional Resources for The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James

The Varieties of Religious Experience Further Reading

Feinstein, Howard M., Becoming William James, Cornell University Press, 1999.

This biography of James was originally published in 1982. This edition offers a new introduction.

Grattan, C. Hartley, The Three Jameses; A Family of Minds, Longmans, Green, and Company, 1932.

Grattan presents the lives of father Henry and his most famous sons, William and Henry.

James, Alice, Alice James, Her Brothers—Her Journal, edited by Anna Robeson Burr, Milford House, 1972.

Originally published in 1934, this book presents the lives of the men in the James family (William, Henry, Garth, and Robertson) through the writings of their sister Alice.

Johnson, Michael G., and Tracy B. Henley, eds., Reflections on "The Principles of Psychology": William James after a Century, L. Erlbaum Associates, 1990.

This book is comprehensive study of the history of psychology with a special emphasis on James's work.

Olin, Doris, ed., William James: "Pragmatism" in Focus,...
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