The Victorian mode in American fiction, 1865-1885 / by Robert Falk.

Author
Falk, Robert P. (Robert Paul), 1914-1996 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [1965]
  • ©1964
Description
ix, 188 pages ; 24 cm

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    Summary note
    Discusses the works of De Forest, Howells, James, Mark Twain, and authors who influenced them.
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 167-182)
    Contents
    • 1: Guilt and innocence: Idols of the tribe
    • 2: Seventies: Decade of hesitation and literary experiment: John W. De Forest: Panoramic novel of realism
    • William Dean Howells: Romance of real life
    • Henry James: Aesthetic theories and critical methods
    • James's studio stories: Disinherited of art
    • James as passionate pilgrim and disappointed observer
    • Victorian bookmen and the new novel
    • 3: Eighties: Social adjustment and literary fulfillment: Howells: maturity in fiction
    • James: the middle years
    • 4: Postscript: Mark Twain and the earlier realism.
    LCCN
    64021643
    OCLC
    269963
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