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"Comparative study of Henry James's and William Dean Howells's literary criticism. Examines the interrelationship between the men, emphasizing their aesthetic concerns and attitudes toward the market and audience, and their beliefs concerning the moral value of fiction and the United States as a literary subject, and writings about each other"--Provided by publisher.
James, Henry --- Knowledge --- Literature --- Howells, William Dean --- American literature --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc. --- Criticism --- United States --- History --- 20th century --- 19th century --- James, Henry, --- Howells, William Dean, --- Howells, W. D. --- Howells, William D. --- Dzheĭms, G. --- Dzheĭms, Genri, --- Jeimsŭ, Henri, --- Джеймс, Генри, --- ג׳יימס, הנרי, --- ג׳ײמס, הנרי, --- Τζειος, Χενρι, --- جميس، هينري، --- جيمز، هنرى --- Literature.
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American fiction --- Conscience in literature --- Ethics in literature --- Literature and society --- Social ethics in literature --- History and criticism --- Cather, Willa, --- Chesnutt, Charles W. --- Howells, William Dean, --- Jewett, Sarah Orne, --- Ethics. --- Ethics. --- Ethics. --- Ethics.
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Possibly the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition, a formative influence on many of America's finest writers, and an outspoken opponent of social injustice. This biography, the first comprehensive work on Howells in fifty years, enters the consciousness of the man and his times, revealing a complicated and painfully honest figure who came of age in an era of political corruption, industrial greed, and American imperialism. Written with verve and originality in a highly absorbing style, it brings alive for a new generation a literary and cultural pioneer who played a key role in creating the American artistic ethos. William Dean Howells traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio before the Civil War, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of Atlantic Monthly. It looks at his writing, which included novels, poems, plays, children's books, and criticism. Howells had many powerful friendships among the literati of his day; and here we find an especially rich examination of the relationship between Howells and Mark Twain. Howells was, as Twain called him, "the boss" of literary critics-his support almost single-handedly made the careers of many writers, including African Americans like Paul Dunbar and women like Sarah Orne Jewett. Showcasing many noteworthy personalities-Henry James, Edmund Gosse, H. G. Wells, Stephen Crane, Emily Dickinson, and many others-William Dean Howells portrays a man who stood at the center of American literature through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Howells, William Dean --- Critics --- Novelists, American --- Howells, William Dean, --- Howells, W. D. --- Howells, William D. --- Novelists [American ] --- 19th century --- Biography --- United States --- american authors. --- american imperialism. --- american letters. --- american literature. --- atlantic monthly. --- biography. --- civil war. --- classics. --- edmund gosse. --- emily dickinson. --- gender. --- greed. --- henry james. --- hg wells. --- industry. --- journalism. --- justice. --- labor. --- lincoln. --- literary criticism. --- literary movement. --- literature. --- naturalism. --- nonfiction. --- ohio. --- paul dunbar. --- political corruption. --- poverty. --- progressive era. --- realism. --- regionalism. --- robber barons. --- sarah orne jewett. --- social change. --- social justice. --- stephen crane. --- twain. --- wealth. --- william dean howells.
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Looking beyond the traditional categories of sentiment, sensibility, and sympathy, this book suggests a different approach to reading emotionalism among men. From the Civil War to the early twentieth century, it traces the history of male emotionalism in American discourse.
American fiction --- Masculinity in literature. --- Emotions in literature. --- Men in literature. --- Law in literature. --- Masculinity (Psychology) in literature --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Masculinity in literature --- Emotions in literature --- Men in literature --- Law in literature --- Cather, Willa Sibert --- Criticism and interpretation --- Howells, William Dean
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