Talk:The Education of Henry Adams

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This article badly needed editing, which I have supplied. Philip Meguire.

The "Subject" section is woefully inadequate, and largely off point. The work is only incidentally about Adams the man, and some large part of this mistake stems from insisting on interpreting his use of the word 'education' by its common meaning. He does not use it this way often; he means something much more encompassing -- something having to do with man's understanding of himself, his relation to the universe, and his relations with other men -- and how these are being changed (catastrophically?) by the intersections of history and changing technology. The whole 'autobiography' serves mostly as a mechanism to introduce different aspects of this far-ranging discussion. --R.scipio (talk) 03:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm not finished reading it, and am having a hard time getting a handle on it; but one element I haven't seen others remark on is Adams frequent and extreme use of hyperbole. --Jim Henry (talk) 20:46, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

A sadly neglected entry...

I'm a biologist- not a historian. But this work powerfully impacted me as an undergrad student (who was usually more concerned with booze and women than history or science). I am surprised that this widely acknowledged masterpiece has been given such scant attention on Wikipedia... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dosware (talk • contribs) 07:40, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

unclear

"Charlotteville: Massachusetts Historical Society;Distributed by the University of Virginia Press, 2005."

What does this text refer to? Not clear to me.73.81.154.242 (talk) 05:27, 7 October 2016 (UTC)