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William Dean Howells : a writer's life /
Possibly the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition, a formative influence on many of America's finest writers, and an outspoken opponent of social injustice. This biograph...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Possibly the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition, a formative influence on many of America's finest writers, and an outspoken opponent of social injustice. This biography, the first comprehensive work on Howells in fifty years, enters the consciousness of the man and his times, revealing a complicated and painfully honest figure who came of age in an era of political corruption, industrial greed, and American imperialism. Written with verve and originality in a highly a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (519 p., [16] leaves of plates ) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-498) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520930247 052093024X 1417595906 9781417595907 1598755498 9781598755497 9780520238961 0520238966 9786612357206 6612357207 1282357204 9781282357204 |