New Essays on The Rise of Silas Lapham

Argues the renewed importance of Howells"s novel for an understanding of literature as a social force as well as a literary form.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series editor's preface; 1. Introduction Donald E. Pease; 2. Helpless longing, or, the lesson of Silas Lapham Paul A. Bové; 3. The hold in Howells/The lapse in Silas Lapham John Seelye; 4. The economy of pain: capitalism, humanitarianism and the realistic novel Wai-Chee Dimock; 5. Smiling through pain: the practice of self in The Rise of Silas Lapham Daniel T. O'Hara; 6. The Rise of Silas Lapham: the business of morals and manners James M. Cox; Notes on contributors; Selected bibliography.

Zusammenfassung

The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885) established William Dean Howells's reputation in the annals of American literature. This collection of essays, first published in 1991, argues the renewed importance of Howells's novel for an understanding of literature as a social force as well as a literary form.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Donald E. Pease (Herausgeber), Pease Donald E. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.1991
• EAN: 9780521373111
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37311-1
• Abmessung: 146 mm x 225 mm x 15 mm
• Gewicht: 300 g
• Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises
• Serien: American Novel (Hardcover); The American Novel
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form