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Downwardly mobile : the changing fortunes of American realism / Andrew Lawson.

Author/creator Lawson, Andrew, 1959 July 4-
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press,
Description191 p. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Literature
Subject(s)
Realism in literature.
American fiction--19th century --History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century --History and criticism.
Economics in literature.
Financial crises in literature.
Social mobility in literature.
Social classes in literature.
United States--Economic conditions --19th century.
Portion of title Changing fortunes of American realism
Contents Introduction : a hunger for the real -- Rose Terry Cooke and the roots of realist taste -- Rebecca Harding Davis and the failed genteel father -- The artist of the floating world : William Dean Howells -- The rentier aesthetics of Henry James -- Hamlin Garland's vertical vision -- Coda : white collar blues.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011032039
ISBN9780199828050 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0199828059 (cloth : alk. paper)

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