Talk:Henry Brooks Adams
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Should we have american english for articles about americans? e.g. Practiced<=>practised
- Yes, that is suggested on the FAQ: "The official policy is to use British (AKA "Commonwealth") spelling when writing about British (or Commonwealth) topics, and American for topics relating to the United States." I'll fix it. --RedJ 17 18:36, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Apparent misuse of the word "novel"
The "non fiction" work The Education of Henry Adams should not be referred to as a novel in this article.
Actually, it is more literary than non-fictional in the way that most historical fiction is. Adams manipulates events that happened to fit a particular bent, even making himself a third person character in his autobiography. Read an excerpt if you disagree. It is a novel.
[edit] Too Many Adamses?
The last section of this article reads like an Adams Family directory, for which there is already a category. I think it would be more helpful to limit discussion of grandfathers, fathers, uncles, and brothers to a linked entry. After all, this article should be about Henry Adams. --RedJ 17 18:42, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Work omitted
This entry requires at least a sentence on "Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres" -- but unfortunately I'm not the person to do it.--67.86.202.17 18:59, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
You're right. I'll add it . . . it also has the publishing dates wrong. The private edition came out in 1904 and was publicly published in 1913. The "Education" was privately printed in 1907 and publicly released in 1918.
