Democracy and the Novel: Popular Resistance to Classic American WritersDiscusses how Hawthorne, Melville, William Dean Howells, Mark Twain and Henry James resisted the demands of the 19th century popular tastes and maintained their artistic integrity. |
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The Issues | 3 |
The Madness of Ahab | 35 |
The Theology of Realism | 75 |
Copyright | |
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