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Gender, Fantasy, and Realism in American Literature / Alfred Habegger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Habegger, Alfred, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Fantasy in literature.
- Realism in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Women and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [1982]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Makes a case for seeing realism as the central and preeminent literary type in democratic, and discusses the role the novel plays in shaping the identity of the reader. Specifically addresses the topics of marriage and male and female humor in the novel, as well as masculinity in the novels of Henry James and W.D. Howells.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Marriage
- 1. A Genre and Its Absorbed Audience
- 2. Fantasy in the Novel
- 3. Love-Interest
- 4. Home Sweet Home
- 5. Domestic Bitterness as Presented in Popular Women's Novels
- 6. John William De Forest vs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
- 7. Henry James and W. D. Howells as Sissies
- 8. The Portrait of a Lady
- 9. Their Wedding Journey
- 10. A Modern Instance
- 11. Realism
- Part II. Male and Female Humor
- 12. Easygoing Men and Dressy Ladies
- 13. Taking Down the Big One: From Frontier Boaster to Deadpan Loser to Boy
- 14. Petticoat Humor
- 15. Funny Women
- 16. Funny Tomboys
- 17. Penelope Lapham in The Rise of Silas Lapham
- Part III. W. D. Howells and American Masculinity
- 18. The Male Risk
- 19. That Old Gang of Mine
- 20. Ambition vs. Selflessness
- 21. "The Best Men"
- Part IV. The Gentleman of Shalott: Henry James and American Masculinity
- 22. The Plot with a Secret
- 23. The Boy Who Could Not Become a Man
- 24. "Observing": The View from James's Room in the House of Fiction
- 25. Who Made James the Modern American Master, and Why?
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780231882897
- 0231882890
- OCLC:
- 1100444600
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