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The short stories of William Dean Howells have been largely unknown to the reading public, at least partly because of their general unavailability and because of the difficulties of identifying, among Howells's voluminous short writings, those that are clearly short stories. Selected Short Stories of William Dean Howells includes both the full texts of thirteen of Howells's stories, each preceded by a thorough critical analysis, and an annotated short story list identifying and discussing all of Howells's short stories. The book pays particular attention to the period after 1890, when Howells, both for personal and intellectual reasons, moved beyond realism to the fields of psychological realism and psychic romance. More than his novels or other writings, Howells's late stories reveal his fascination with psychology and his interest in psychic phenomena, especially those that seem to shed light on the question of immortality. These forgotten stories expose a side of Howells unknown to many Americanists.
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Ruth Bardon, who was educated at Swarthmore College, the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, now lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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A lovingly annotated sampling of stories by the prolific Howells (18371920), now best known for his many novels and for his unstinting efforts to champion realism in American literature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bardon provides both a lengthy general introduction setting the stories (written between 1861 and 1917) within the context of Howells's career (ironically, as she points out, Howells was best known in his own time for his short fiction and essays; only later did he become identified primarily as a novelist), as well as prefaces to each of the 13 tales. They range from the elegantly slight (``A Dream'') to the lyrical (``Christmas Every Day''), and from closely observed tales of psychological and intellectual complexity (``A Difficult Case'') to work with frank supernatural overtones (``The Angel of the Lord''). A varied and impressive gathering, surprisingly fresh and intriguing, and a necessary volume for any Howells collection. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- PublisherOhio University Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0821411942
- ISBN 13 9780821411940
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages280
- EditorBardon Ruth
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