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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nettels, Elsa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1988.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Howells, William Dean, > 1837-1920.
Howells, William Dean, > 1837-1920 > Knowledge.
Speech and social status.
Social classes in literature.
Race in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Language and languages in literature.
English language.
Americanisms in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Race dans la litterature.
Classes sociales dans la litterature.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis.
Langage et langues dans la litterature.
Langage et statut social > États-Unis.
English language > United States.
Speech and social status > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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