Gender, Fantasy, and Realism in American Literature
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Gender, Fantasy, and Realism in American Literature

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Gender, Fantasy, and Realism in American Literature

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Makes a case for seeing realism as the central and preeminent literary type in democratic, and discusses the role the novel plays in shaping the identity of the reader. Specifically addresses the topics of marriage and male and female humor in the novel, as well as masculinity in the novels of Henry James and W.D. Howells.

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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9780231882897
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism History & Theory
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Part I. Marriage
  4. 1. A Genre and Its Absorbed Audience
  5. 2. Fantasy in the Novel
  6. 3. Love-Interest
  7. 4. Home Sweet Home
  8. 5. Domestic Bitterness as Presented in Popular Women's Novels
  9. 6. John William De Forest vs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
  10. 7. Henry James and W. D. Howells as Sissies
  11. 8. The Portrait of a Lady
  12. 9. Their Wedding Journey
  13. 10. A Modern Instance
  14. 11. Realism
  15. Part II. Male and Female Humor
  16. 12. Easygoing Men and Dressy Ladies
  17. 13. Taking Down the Big One: From Frontier Boaster to Deadpan Loser to Boy
  18. 14. Petticoat Humor
  19. 15. Funny Women
  20. 16. Funny Tomboys
  21. 17. Penelope Lapham in The Rise of Silas Lapham
  22. Part III. W. D. Howells and American Masculinity
  23. 18. The Male Risk
  24. 19. That Old Gang of Mine
  25. 20. Ambition vs. Selflessness
  26. 21. “The Best Men”
  27. Part IV. The Gentleman of Shalott: Henry James and American Masculinity
  28. 22. The Plot with a Secret
  29. 23. The Boy Who Could Not Become a Man
  30. 24. “Observing”: The View from James's Room in the House of Fiction
  31. 25. Who Made James the Modern American Master, and Why?
  32. Notes
  33. Index