Language, race, and social class in Howells's America /

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No other American novelist has written so fully about language--grammar, diction, the place of colloquialism and dialect in literary English, the relation between speech and writing--as William Dean Howells. The power of language to create social, political, and racial identity was of central concer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nettels, Elsa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1988.
Temas:
Howells, William Dean, > 1837-1920 > Knowledge.
Howells, William Dean, > 1837-1920
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Speech and social status > United States.
Language and languages in literature.
English language > United States.
Social classes in literature.
Americanisms in literature.
Race in literature.
Langage et statut social > États-Unis.
Langage et langues dans la littérature.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis.
Classes sociales dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Americanisms in literature
English language
Language and languages in literature
National characteristics, American, in literature
Race in literature
Social classes in literature
Speech and social status
United States
English language > United States
Howells, William Dean > Knowledge > America
Speech and social status > United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Language in Howells's American
  • "Good natural English"
  • American and British English
  • Realism and dialect
  • The problem of "Negro dialect" in literaure
  • Language, race and nationality in Howells's fiction
  • Language and class in the early novels
  • Language and lcass in novels of country and city
  • Language and complicity in The Miniter's Charge
  • Language and equality in the late novels.

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