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Speaking for Howells

Charting the Dean's Career Through the Language of His Characters

Speaking for Howells( )
Author: Stratman, Gregory J.
ISBN:978-0-7618-2014-7
Publication Date:Jan 2001
Publisher:University Press of America, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $78.95
Book Description:

This study examines William Dean Howells's intense interest in language, particularly literary language, and it illustrates how his use of language can be studied to indicate the evolution of his career. Since his views on language were so extensive and his canon of works so large, this study focuses on Howells's use of literary dialect in a representative number of works to support the following thesis: Howells's career charted a circular path from romanticism to realism back to...
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Pages:140
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / American / General
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Literary Criticism / General
Language Arts & Disciplines / Speech & Pronunciation
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.767 x 21.488 x 1.041 cm
Book Weight:0.186 Kilograms



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