New Essays on the Rise of Silas Lapham

Herausgeber: Elliot, Emory; Pease, Donald E.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Argues the renewed importance of Howells's novel for an understanding of literature as a social force as well as a literary form.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 191g
• ISBN-13: 9780521378987
• ISBN-10: 0521378982
• Artikelnr.: 21696043

Inhaltsangabe

Series editor's preface
1. Introduction Donald E. Pease
2. Helpless longing, or, the lesson of Silas Lapham Paul A. Bové
3. The hold in Howells/The lapse in Silas Lapham John Seelye
4. The economy of pain: capitalism, humanitarianism and the realistic novel Wai-Chee Dimock
5. Smiling through pain: the practice of self in The Rise of Silas Lapham Daniel T. O'Hara
6. The Rise of Silas Lapham: the business of morals and manners James M. Cox
Notes on contributors
Selected bibliography.