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Achievement of William Dean Howells
This chapter is in the book Achievement of William Dean Howells
© 2016 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2016 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Introduction: Premises and Method 1
  4. One. The Undiscovered Country (1880). Howells' Version of American Pastoral 11
  5. Two. A Modern Instance (1881-1882). Freedom and Fate in Modern America 49
  6. Three. The Rise of Silas Lapham (1884-1885). The Crisis of Wealth in the Gilded Age 96
  7. Four. A Hazard of New Fortunes (1889-1890). Art and Humanity in the American Metropolis 144
  8. Summary and Aftermath 192
  9. Bibliographical Comment 207
  10. Index 215
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400876617-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Introduction: Premises and Method 1
  4. One. The Undiscovered Country (1880). Howells' Version of American Pastoral 11
  5. Two. A Modern Instance (1881-1882). Freedom and Fate in Modern America 49
  6. Three. The Rise of Silas Lapham (1884-1885). The Crisis of Wealth in the Gilded Age 96
  7. Four. A Hazard of New Fortunes (1889-1890). Art and Humanity in the American Metropolis 144
  8. Summary and Aftermath 192
  9. Bibliographical Comment 207
  10. Index 215
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