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House by the Medlar-Tree
Av Giovanni Verga, William Dean Howells m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
426 kr
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Modern Instance
Häftad, 1984
303 kr
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The publication in 1882 of this classic book by “The Dean of American Letters” marked his transition from magazine editor and author of some mildly received comedies of manners, to leading American novelist and champion of realism in American literature. The story of Bartley Hubbard, a …
Rise of Silas Lapham
Häftad, 1983
266 kr
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William Dean Howells' richly humorous characterization of a self-made millionaire in Boston society provides a paradigm of American culture in the Gilded Age. After establishing a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family from their Vermont farm to the city of Boston, where they …
Hazard of New Fortunes
Häftad, 2001
278 kr
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Set against a vividly depicted background of fin de siécle New York, this novel centers on the conflict between a self-made millionaire and a fervent social revolutionary-a conflict in which a man of goodwill futilely attempts to act as a mediator, only to be forced himself into a crisis of …
Rise of Silas Lapham
A Norton Critical Edition
Av William Dean Howells, Paul R. Petrie
Häftad, 2018
272 kr
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Including several images in various media to help paint a fuller picture of Howells's time and place. A rich selection of correspondence to and from Howells, some material from his notebooks, and a section detailing his changes to two specific controversial passages from the novel, give a sense of …
A Modern Instance
Häftad, 2009
125 kr
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This classic of American realism depicts a clash of old and new worlds. Its portrait of a failing marriage explores social and moral issues involving family life and women's traditional roles.
Story of Early Ohio
Indians, Frontiersmen, Pioneers, Statesmen and War
Av William Dean Howells, C Stephen Badgley
Häftad, 2014
231 kr
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The story of early Ohio from the days of the Mound Builders to the Victorian Age. This is a story of the people who lived in what is now the Great State of Ohio during those times. A story of the Native Americans who were there before the coming of the white settlers and a story of the savage raids …
Rise of Silas Lapham
E-bok, 2014
82 kr
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The Rise of Silas Lapham was the first important novel to center on the American businessman and the first to treat its theme with a realism that foreshadowed the work of modern writers. In his story of one of the millionaire industrialists who flourished in the post-Civil War years, William Dean …
Shadow of a Dream and An Imperative Duty
Av William Dean Howells, Edwin H. Cady
Häftad, 2004
821 kr
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These two nouvelles mark Howells' plunge into psychological realism. Their themes-a triangle of tragic agonies with psychological insights intriguingly proto-Freudian, and a drama of miscegenation-are anything but the "smiling", lightweight topics to which Howells has been supposed to have been …
My Mark Twain
Reminiscences and Criticisms
Av William Dean Howells, Marilyn Austin Baldwin
Häftad, 1999
383 kr
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For more than forty years William Dean Howells counted Mark Twain among his closest friends. Howells knew all the great men of American literature during the last half of the nineteenth century. In his acquaintance were Longfellow, Emerson, Lowell, Holmes, and a long list of other sages, poets, …
Realist in the American Theatre
Selected Drama Criticism of William Dean Howells
Av William Dean Howells, Brenda Murphy
Inbunden, 1992
654 kr
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William Dean Howells has long been recognized as the chief spokesman for post-1880s American Realism. Most of his writing appeared in popular magazines, however, and has been lost to us. This collection brings together for the first time his most significant essays about American drama written …
Whole Family
A Novel by Twelve Authors
Häftad, 2001
507 kr
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One of the most fascinating experiments in American literature resulted in The Whole Family. This unusual composite novel numbers among its twelve authors such luminaries as Henry James, William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.The idea for this collaborative …
Italian Journeys
From Venice to Naples and Beyond
E-bok, 2011
156 kr
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When Abraham Lincoln appointed William Dean Howells Consul to Venice, the young writer embarked on a journey that would leave an indelible impression on his life and work.Howells lived in Italy for four years, from 1861, during the pivotal and tumultuous period of Italian reunification. Italian …
Italian Journeys
From Venice to Naples and Beyond
E-bok, 2011
156 kr
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When Abraham Lincoln appointed William Dean Howells Consul to Venice, the young writer embarked on a journey that would leave an indelible impression on his life and work.Howells lived in Italy for four years, from 1861, during the pivotal and tumultuous period of Italian reunification. Italian …
Tuscan Cities
Travels Through the Heart of Old Italy
E-bok, 2011
198 kr
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Tuscany is arguably the most alluring and iconic region of Italy. It is a place of breathtaking natural beauty, imbued with an ancient and rich cultural heritage that, as Shelley's 'paradise of exiles', has inspired centuries of artists, scientists writers, poets and travellers. For William Dean …
William Dean Howells: Novels 1875-1886 (LOA #8)
A Foregone Conclusion / Indian Summer / A Modern Instance / The Rise of Silas Lapham
Inbunden, 1982
467 kr
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The four novels collected in this Library of America volume are among the classic works from the immensely productive career of America’s most influential man of letters at the turn of the twentieth century. William Dean Howells was a champion of French and Russian realistic writers and a brilliant …
William Dean Howells: Novels 1886-1888 (LOA #44)
The Minister's Charge / April Hopes / Annie Kilburn
Av William Dean Howells, Don L. Cook
Inbunden, 1989
467 kr
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William Dean Howells was the foremost champion of realism in late-nineteenth-century American fiction. The three novels in this Library of America volume perceptively and often satirically examine the conflict between Christian ideals and commercial success, the contrast between a society’s rituals …
Literary Friends and Acquaintance
a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship
Häftad, 2021
381 kr
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Children's Plutarch
Tales of the Romans
Av Frederick James Gould, William Dean Howells m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
382 kr
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Children's Plutarch
Tales of the Romans
Av Frederick James Gould, William Dean Howells m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
207 kr
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Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar
... and a Complete Biography of the Famous Poet
Av William Dean Howells, Paul Laurence Dunbar m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
508 kr
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Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar
... and a Complete Biography of the Famous Poet
Av William Dean Howells, Paul Laurence Dunbar m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
361 kr
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