Romney : and other new works about Philadelphia /

Here, published for the first time, is the complete fragment of Romney together with two of his other unpublished Philadelphia works. Wister set Romney in Philadelphia (called Monopolis in the novel) during the 1880s, when, as he saw it, the city was passing from the old to a new order. The hero of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wister, Owen, 1860-1938
Otros Autores: Butler, James, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2001.
Temas:
1800-1899
Social change > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 19th century > Fiction.
Social classes > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 19th century > Fiction.
Classes sociales > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > 19e siècle > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > American > General.
Social conditions.
Manners and customs.
Social change.
Social classes.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 19th century > Fiction.
Philadelphie (Penns.) > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Fiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Owen Wister: A Chronology
  • xix
  • Romney / Owen Wister
  • Appendix I. Wister's Fragments of Texts Related to Romney
  • 211
  • "Designs: The Star Gazers"
  • 211
  • Draft for a Possible Preface
  • 213
  • Two Revisions of Chapter I
  • 215
  • Appendix II. Wister's Philadelphia Works Related to Romney
  • 219
  • From "The Keystone Crime: Pennsylvania's Graft-Cankered Capitol"
  • 220
  • "Address Read at the Memorial Meeting of Horace Howard Furness"
  • 224
  • "Address Delivered before the Logan Improvement League"
  • 234.

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