The Shadow of a Dream and An Imperative Duty

William Dean Howells (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2004
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-7425-3402-5 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

These two nouvelles mark Howells' plunge into psychological realism. Their themes-a triangle of tragic agonies with psychological insights intriguingly proto-Freudian, and a drama of miscegenation-are anything but the "smiling", lightweight topics to which Howells has been supposed to have been confined. The maturity both of their art and of their moral insight lends them an impact much deeper and more permanent than that of the shriller, more merely commercial shocking fiction of our day.

Edwin H. Cady's introduction places the books in the context of the development of Howells' life, work, art, thought, and sensibility. He helps the reader make immediate contact with the artistic methods and intentions of the author.

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American novelist, critic, and editor. Both in his own novels and in his critical writing, Howells was a champion of realism in American literature. Howells' critical essays on the works of such realistic European writers as Tolstoy, Zola, and Ibsen helped to mold American taste, and he was a literary mentor of Mark Twain, Hamlin Garland, Thorstein Veblen, and Stephen Crane.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.3.2004
Reihe/Serie	Masterworks of Literature
Sprache	englisch
Maße	136 x 217 mm
Gewicht	304 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
ISBN-10	0-7425-3402-2 / 0742534022
ISBN-13	978-0-7425-3402-5 / 9780742534025
Zustand	Neuware