On Howells

From 1929 to the latest issue,American Literaturehas 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 inAmerican 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 Contents The Literary Background of Howells's Social Criticism (1942)/George Arms A Note on Howells and "The Smiling Aspects of Life" (1945)/Edwin H. Cady Howells, theAtlantic Monthly, and Republicanism (1952)/Louis J. Budd The Ethical Unity ofThe Rise of Silas Lapham(1960)/Donald Pizer Point of View in Howells'sThe Landlord at Lion's Head(1962)/William McMurray The Architecture ofThe Rise of Silas Lapham(1966)/G. Thomas Tanselle Howells and Ade (1966)/Jack Brenner The Dark Side ofTheir Wedding Journey(1969)/Marion W. Cumpiano William Dean Howells, George William Curtis, and the "Haymarket Affair" (1969)/Clara and Rudolf Kirk Savagery and Civilization The Moral Dimensions of Howells's A Boy's Town (1969)/Tom H. Towers Transformations:The Blithdale Romanceto Howells and James (1976)/Robert Emmet Long The Wilderness Within: Howell'sA Boy's Town(1976)/Thomas Cooley Invalids and Actresses: Howells's Duplex Imagery for American Women (1976)/Sidney H. Bremer William Dean Howells and Charles W. Chestnut Criticism and Race Fiction in the Age of Booker T. Washington (1976)/William L. Andrews Howells'sOresteia: The Union of Theme and Structure inThe Shadow of A Dream(1977)/Barbara L. Parker An Interoceanic Episode:The Lady of the Aroostook(1977)/John W. Crowley