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Love American style : divorce and the American novel, 1881-1976 / Kimberly A. Freeman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Kimberly A., 1968-
- Series:
- Literary criticism and cultural theory.
- 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:
- 1 online resource (174 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Spanning nearly a century during which the divorce rate skyrocketed, Love American Style traces the treatment of divorce in the American novel.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-88537-0
- 1-280-25188-3
- 9786610251889
- 0-203-50515-8
- 9780203505151
- OCLC:
- 252745358
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