Persons and Places
Assigned by 1 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- 1944-1953
- Language
- English
- Length
- Long · 600 pp300 to 700 pages
- Difficulty
- Moderate2 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendPersons and PlacesMIT Press, 1986The critical edition in one volume, edited by William G. Holzberger and Herman J. Saatkamp.
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Santayana's autobiography, written in Rome in his old age and published in three parts, the last after his death. It recounts his Spanish childhood, his boyhood in Boston, his years as a student and professor at Harvard, with portraits of William James and Josiah Royce, his friendships in England, and his resignation from teaching in 1912 to live in Europe as a writer. It is as much a book of character sketches and reflections on being a foreigner everywhere as it is a life story.
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