Описание: A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Dean Howells's The Rise of Silas Lapham, one of the many in Howells' movement into strong anti-romantic realism and social criticism. As a novel of the realism movement, The Rise of Silas Lapham began Howells' trend of incorporating Christian Socialism in his writing-a theory that the common welfare could be improved along guidelines of Christian ethical principles. Moreover, Howells is considered to be the father of American realism. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Howells' classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.
Автор: Goodman, Susan Dawson, Carl Название: William dean howells ISBN: 0520238966 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520238961 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 6336.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer`s life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly".
Автор: Vanderbilt Kermit Название: Achievement of William Dean Howells ISBN: 0691622248 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691622248 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 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
Автор: Howells Название: The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature ISBN: 1107646197 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107646193 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood, this volume is a multi-authored English-language history of Canadian writing in English and French. Paying special attention to works from the 1960s and after, it also includes a separate section discussing major genres in French, a detailed chronology, and an extensive bibliography.
Автор: Howells, Coral Ann Название: Margaret atwood ISBN: 1403922004 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403922007 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 14393.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Margaret Atwood is one of the most popular and enduring literary novelists of the late twentieth century. This introduction covers Atwood's work from the 1970s to the present, drawing out her recurring themes of Canadian identity and the wilderness, the representation of women and female bodies and history and its narration. Winner of the Margaret Atwood Society Best Book in 1997, the second edition is thoroughly revised and updated and includes four new chapters covering Atwood's recent novels Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin, her 2002 book on writing Negotiating with the Dead and her latest novel Oryx and Crake, published in 2003.
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