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Love American style : divorce and the American novel, 1881-1976 / Kimberly A. Freeman.
Van Pelt Library PS374.D55 F74 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Kimberly A., 1968-
- Series:
- Literary criticism and cultural theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Divorce in literature.
- American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- Domestic fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Domestic fiction, American.
- Married people in literature.
- Marriage in literature.
- Love in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 182 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Contents:
- Americanizing divorce: the personal is political
- The "enormous fact" of American life : divorce in William Dean Howells's A modern instance
- Divorce, the American custom, in Edith Wharton's The custom of the country
- Mary McCarthy's A charmed life : divorcing fiction from fact
- Divorce me : romance and realism in John Updike's Marry me : a romance
- Can the circle be broken? : divorce and the future of the American novel.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-171) and index.
- ISBN:
- 041596783X
- OCLC:
- 52092823
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