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The Master And The Dean: The Literary Criticism Of Henry James And William Dean Howells (Volume 1),Used
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Henry James (18431916) and William Dean Howells (18371920) are best known for the central roles they played as nineteenthcentury American novelists, penning such classics as Jamess Portrait of a Lady and Howellss The Rise of Silas Lapham. Their importance as literary critics, however, has been underplayed for decades. Although certain aspects of Jamess and Howellss criticism have been carefully consideredJamess Prefaces and Howellss Criticism and Fiction, for exampleno scholar has previously undertaken a comprehensive comparative study of their respective critical oeuvres. In The Master and the Dean, Rob Davidson presents the first booklength study of Jamess literary criticism to be published since the early 1980s and the firstever booklength study of Howellss criticism. Considering Howellss commonly accepted position among scholars as the most influential American literary critic of the period, such a study is long overdue.Beginning with a detailed examination of the European and domestic sources that led James and Howells toward realism, Davidson examines the interrelationships between the two writers, with special emphasis on their diverging aesthetic concerns and attitudes toward the market and audience, their beliefs concerning the moral value of fiction and the United States as a literary subject, and their various writings about each other. A rigorous, intertextual reading of their work as critics reveals both deeper rifts and more intimate similarities between the two writers than have been recognized previously. Of special note is Davidsons careful attention to the frequently overlooked final two decades of Howellss career.This close look at the lesserknown critical work of James and Howells will appeal both to scholars of the period and to anyone seeking an exceptional introduction to a crucially important era of American literary criticism.
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