William dean howells: a writer’s life
Auteur :
Goodman, Susan / Dawson, Carl
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520238961
Date de publication :
1 mai 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 4,6 cm
Poids :
953 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly"