内容简介
Our foremost champion of literary realism, merges social commentary and social comedy in his examination of contrasts in New England life in the 19th century: Christian ideals and commercial success; the rituals of courtship and the realities of love; a community's democratic aspirations and its class divisions. Surprisingly modern in their psychological motivations, frequently uncertain in their actions, Howells' characters reflect their creator's sense of the complexity and vigor of what he called "poor Real Life."
作者简介
William Dean Howells was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, on March 1, 1837. His father was a printer and newspaperman, and the family moved from town to town. Howells went to school where he could. As a boy he began learning the printer’s skill. By the time he was in his teens he was setting type for his own verse. Between 1856 and 1861 he worked as a reporter for the
Ohio State Journal. About this time his poems began to appear in the
Atlantic Monthly. His campaign biography of Abraham Lincoln, compiled in 1860, prompted the administration to offer him the consulship at Venice, a post he held from 1861 to 1865. He married Elinor Gertrude Meade, a young woman from Vermont, in 1862 Paris. On his return to the United States in 1865, Howells worked in New York before going to Boston as assistant to James T. Fields of
The Atlantic Monthly. In 1871 he became editor-in-chief of the magazine. In this position he worked with many young writers, among them Mark Twain and Henry James, both of whom became his close friends. His first novel,
Their Wedding Journey, appeared in 1872.
The Rise of Silas Lapham was serialized in
Century Magazine before it was published in book form in 1885.
A Hazard of New Fortunes was published five years later. His position as critic, writer, and enthusiastic exponent of the new realism earned
William Dean Howells the respected title of Dean of American Letters. He died in 1920.,,,
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Howells: Novels 1886-1888 Howells: Novels 1886-1888 [精装] [18--UP] 下载 mobi epub pdf txt 电子书 格式
Howells: Novels 1886-1888 Howells: Novels 1886-1888 [精装] [18--UP] 下载 mobi pdf epub txt 电子书 格式 2024
Howells: Novels 1886-1888 Howells: Novels 1886-1888 [精装] [18--UP] mobi epub pdf txt 电子书 格式下载 2024