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Gender, fantasy, and realism in American literature / Alfred Habegger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, 1982.Description: xiii, 378 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0231053967 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813/.4/0912 19
LOC classification:
  • PS374.R37 H3 1982
Contents:
pt. 1. Marriage: A genre and its absorbed audience -- Fantasy in the novel -- Love-interest -- Home sweet home -- Domestic bitterness as presented in popular women's novels -- John William De Forest vs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps -- Henry James and W.D. Howells as sissies -- The portrait of a lady -- Their wedding journey -- A modern instance -- Realism -- pt. 2. Male and female humor: Easygoing men and dressy ladies -- Taking down the big one: from frontier boaster to deadpan loser to boy -- Petticoat humor -- Funny women -- Funny tomboys -- Penelope Lapham in The rise of Silas Lapham -- pt. 3. W.D. Howells and American masculinity: The male risk -- That old gang of mine -- Ambition vs. selflessness -- "The best men" -- pt. 4. The gentleman of Shalott: Henry James and American masculinity: The plot with a secret -- The boy who could not become a man -- "Observing": the view from James's room in the house of fiction -- Who made James the modern American master, and why?
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks PS374.R37H3 1982 1 Available 33710000129192

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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pt. 1. Marriage: A genre and its absorbed audience -- Fantasy in the novel -- Love-interest -- Home sweet home -- Domestic bitterness as presented in popular women's novels -- John William De Forest vs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps -- Henry James and W.D. Howells as sissies -- The portrait of a lady -- Their wedding journey -- A modern instance -- Realism -- pt. 2. Male and female humor: Easygoing men and dressy ladies -- Taking down the big one: from frontier boaster to deadpan loser to boy -- Petticoat humor -- Funny women -- Funny tomboys -- Penelope Lapham in The rise of Silas Lapham -- pt. 3. W.D. Howells and American masculinity: The male risk -- That old gang of mine -- Ambition vs. selflessness -- "The best men" -- pt. 4. The gentleman of Shalott: Henry James and American masculinity: The plot with a secret -- The boy who could not become a man -- "Observing": the view from James's room in the house of fiction -- Who made James the modern American master, and why?