Criticism and Fiction
From "Literature and Life"
Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays, Poetry, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | William Dean Howells | ISBN: | 9781776676330 |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press | Publication: | February 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The Floating Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | William Dean Howells |
| ISBN: | 9781776676330 |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press |
| Publication: | February 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The Floating Press |
| Language: | English |
As a prominent novelist, critic and editor, William Dean Howells played an essential role in shaping the American literary sensibility of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the shift toward naturalism and realism. In this, his most widely read series of essays on literature, Howells lays out his view of the superiority of realistic fiction.
As a prominent novelist, critic and editor, William Dean Howells played an essential role in shaping the American literary sensibility of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the shift toward naturalism and realism. In this, his most widely read series of essays on literature, Howells lays out his view of the superiority of realistic fiction.
