Kimberly Freeman

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Divorce and the American Novel, 1881-1976

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Produktbeschreibung

A popular subject in sociology and cultural studies, divorce has been overlooked by literary critics. Spanning nearly a century during which the divorce rate skyrocketed, this study traces the treatment of divorce in the American novel.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135885373
• Artikelnr.: 49984785

Autorenporträt

Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of the District of Columbia, Kimberly Freeman has published articles in A/B: Auto/Biography and American Literary Realism. She has also contributed to the Reader's Guide to Gay and Lesbian Studies and A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia. She received her Ph.D. from the Univeristy of Connecticut.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 CHAPTER ONE Americanizing Divorce
Chapter 2 CHAPTER TWO The "Enormous Fact" of American Life
Chapter 3 CHAPTER THREE Divorce, the American Custom, in Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country
Chapter 4 CHAPTER FOUR Mary McCarthy's A Charmed Life
Chapter 5 CHAPTER FIVE Divorce Me Romance and Realism in John
CONCLUSION Can the Circle Be Broken? Divorce and the Future of the American Novel
Notes
Bibliography
Index