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Author:

Goodman, Susan, 1951-

Title:

William Dean Howells : a writer's life / Susan Goodman, Carl Dawson.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xxvi, 519 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Howells, William Dean,--1837-1920.
Novelists, American--19th century--Biography.
Critics--United States.--Biography.

Other Authors:

Dawson, Carl.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-498) and index.

Contents:

Chronology of Howells' life and work -- Parallel lives -- Warring ambitions, 1851-1859 -- Years of decision, 1859-1861 -- Consul at Venice, 1861-1865 -- Atlantic years, 1 : 1865-1867 -- Atlantic years, 2 : 1867-1871 -- His Mark Twain, from 1869 -- Fictional lives, 1871-1878 -- From Venice as far as Belmont, 1878-1882 -- In England and Italy, 1882-1883 -- The man of business, 1883-1886 -- Heartache and horror, 1886-1890 -- Words and deeds, 1890-1894 -- Peripatetic, 1895-1899 -- Kittery Point, 1900-1905 -- Greater losses, 1906-1910 -- Reconsiderations, 1911-1917 -- Eighty years and after, 1918-1920.

ISBN:

9780520238961 (alk. paper)
0520238966 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57000497

LCCN:

2004026562

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)