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Achievement of William Dean Howells

Hardback

Main Details

Title Achievement of William Dean Howells
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kermit Vanderbilt
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780691649047
ClassificationsDewey:813.409
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details
Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

Exploring the consciousness and creative impulse of William Dean Howells, Professor Vanderbilt finds that Howells' personality reflected the mixed feelings of the American mind in an ambivalent and transitional society. By this interpretation he introduces a new and imaginative approach to the writer and his work, and Howells emerges as one of the