
Achievement of William Dean Howells
Kermit Vanderbilt(Author)
Princeton University Press
Will be published approx. on 19. April 2016
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-691-64904-7 (ISBN)
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 major American literary figures of the late nineteenth century. The author's impressive research into all of Howells' works is evident in his discussion of four novels which appeared in the 1880's, The Undiscovered Country, A Modern lnstance, The Rise of Silas Lapham, and A Hazard of New Fortunes. Originally published in 1968. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
438 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-64904-7 (9780691649047)
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Kermit Vanderbilt
Achievement of William Dean Howells
E-Book
05/2016
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€37.99
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Person
Kermit Vanderbilt
Content
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Introduction: Premises and Method, pg. 1*One. The Undiscovered Country (1880). Howells' Version of American Pastoral, pg. 11*Two. A Modern Instance (1881-1882). Freedom and Fate in Modern America, pg. 49*Three. The Rise of Silas Lapham (1884-1885). The Crisis of Wealth in the Gilded Age, pg. 96*Four. A Hazard of New Fortunes (1889-1890). Art and Humanity in the American Metropolis, pg. 144*Summary and Aftermath, pg. 192*Bibliographical Comment, pg. 207*Index, pg. 215