A Psychological Counter-current in Recent Fiction
A Psychological Counter-current in Recent Fiction
By William Dean Howells
1 Nov, 2019
Although he was an important novelist, poet, and playwright in his own right, William Dean Howells also played a major role in shaping the literary landscape of America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in his capacity as a critic. In this im
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Although he was an important novelist, poet, and playwright in his own right, William Dean Howells also played a major role in shaping the literary landscape of America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in his capacity as a critic. In this important essay from 1901, Howells holds forth on a then-current crop of novels dealing with social issues. Less