Speaking for Howells: Charting the Dean's Career Through the Language of His Characters

by Gregory J. Stratman

Book Overview

This study examines William Dean Howells's intense interest in language, particularly literary language, and it illustrates how his use of language can be studied to indicate the evolution of his career. Since his views on language were so extensive and his canon of works so large, this study focuses on Howells's use of literary dialect in a representative number of works to support the following thesis: Howells's career charted a circular path from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761820140
• ISBN13: 9780761820147
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"