On Howells

From 1929 to the latest issue, American Literature has been the foremost journal expressing the findings of those who study our national literature. The jouranl has published the best work of literary historians, critics, and bibliographers, ranging from the founders of the discipline to the best current critics and researchers. The longevity of this excellence lends a special distinction to the articles in American Literature.Presented in order of their first appearance, the articles in each volume constitute a revealing record of developing insights and important shifts of critical emphasis. Each article has opened a fresh line of inquiry, established a fresh perspective on a familiar topic, or settled a question that engaged the interest of experts.Partial ContentsThe Literary Background of Howells's Social Criticism (1942)/George ArmsA Note on Howells and The Smiling Aspects of Life (1945)/Edwin H. CadyHowells, the Atlantic Monthly, and Republicanism (1952)/Louis J. BuddThe Ethical Unity of The Rise of Silas Lapham (1960)/Donald PizerPoint of View in Howells's The Landlord at Lion's Head (1962)/William McMurrayThe Architecture of The Rise of Silas Lapham (1966)/G. Thomas TanselleHowells and Ade (1966)/Jack BrennerThe Dark Side of Their Wedding Journey (1969)/Marion W. CumpianoWilliam Dean Howells, George William Curtis, and the Haymarket Affair (1969)/Clara and Rudolf KirkSavagery and Civilization The Moral Dimensions of Howells's A Boy's Town (1969)/Tom H. TowersTransformations: The Blithdale Romance to Howells and James (1976)/Robert Emmet LongThe Wilderness Within: Howell's A Boy's Town (1976)/Thomas CooleyInvalids and Actresses: Howells's Duplex Imagery for American Women (1976)/Sidney H. BremerWilliam Dean Howells and Charles W. Chestnut Criticism and Race Fiction in the Age of Booker T. Washington (1976)/William L. AndrewsHowells's Oresteia The Union of Theme and Structure in The Shadow of A Dream (1977)/Barbara L. ParkerAn Interoceanic Episode: The Lady of the Aroostook (1977)/John W. Crowley