Dancing in Chains : the Youth of William Dean Howells.

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"Dancing in Chains is far more than a sensitive biography (though it is surely that); it is also a model of psychologically informed social and cultural history. Olsen recognizes that psychic conflicts often play themselves out on a higher plane, that psychic and intellectual history are intert...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olsen, Rodney D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1991.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Howells, William Dean, > 1837-1920 > Childhood and youth.
Howells, William Dean, > 1837-1920.
1783-1899
Novelists, American > 19th century > Biography.
Critics > United States > Biography.
Romanciers américains > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Critiques > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Childhood and youth of a person
Critics.
Manners and customs.
Novelists, American.
United States > Social life and customs > 1783-1865.
Ohio > Social life and customs.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 1783-1865.
Ohio > Mœurs et coutumes.
Ohio.
United States.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Dancing in Chains is far more than a sensitive biography (though it is surely that); it is also a model of psychologically informed social and cultural history. Olsen recognizes that psychic conflicts often play themselves out on a higher plane, that psychic and intellectual history are intertwined. He presents a wonderful nuanced picture of Howells."--Jackson Lears, Rutgers University. In this insightful study of the childhood and youth of William Dean Howells, Dancing in Chains demonstrates how the turbulent social and cultural changes of the early nineteenth century shaped the y.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (370 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-330) and index.
ISBN:9780814762639
0814762638

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