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Informationen zum Autor Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of the District of Columbia, Kimberly Freeman has published articles in A/B: Auto/Biography and American Literary Realism . She has also contributed to the Reader's Guide to Gay and Lesbian Studies and A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia . She received her Ph.D. from the Univeristy of Connecticut. Klappentext A popular subject in sociology and cultural studies, divorce has been overlooked by literary critics. Spanning nearly a century during which the divorce rate skyrocketed, this study traces the treatment of divorce in the American novel. Zusammenfassung A popular subject in sociology and cultural studies, divorce has been overlooked by literary critics. Spanning nearly a century during which the divorce rate skyrocketed, this study traces the treatment of divorce in the American novel. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 CHAPTER ONE Americanizing Divorce; Chapter 2 CHAPTER TWO The “Enormous Fact” of American Life; Chapter 3 CHAPTER THREE Divorce, the American Custom, in Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country; Chapter 4 CHAPTER FOUR Mary McCarthy's A Charmed Life; Chapter 5 CHAPTER FIVE Divorce Me Romance and Realism in John; CONCLUSION Can the Circle Be Broken? Divorce and the Future of the American Novel; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Product details

• Authors: Kimberly Freeman
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2003
• EAN: 9780415967839
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96783-9
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 238 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism