Achievement of William Dean Howells / / Kermit Vanderbilt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Vanderbilt, Kermit,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1968
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2098
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Introduction: Premises and Method --; One. The Undiscovered Country (1880). Howells' Version of American Pastoral --; Two. A Modern Instance (1881-1882). Freedom and Fate in Modern America --; Three. The Rise of Silas Lapham (1884-1885). The Crisis of Wealth in the Gilded Age --; Four. A Hazard of New Fortunes (1889-1890). Art and Humanity in the American Metropolis --; Summary and Aftermath --; Bibliographical Comment --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400876617; 9783110426847; 9783110413533; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400876617
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kermit Vanderbilt.

Exploring the consciousness and creative impulse of William Dean Howells, Professor Vanderbilt finds that Howells' personality reflected the mixed feelings of the American mind in an ambivalent and transitional society. By this interpretation he introduces a new and imaginative approach to the writer and his work, and Howells emerges as one of the major American literary figures of the late nineteenth century. The author's impressive research into all of Howells' works is evident in his discussion of four novels which appeared in the 1880's, The Undiscovered Country, A Modern lnstance, The Rise of Silas Lapham, and A Hazard of New Fortunes.Originally published in 1968.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.