Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811-1896 Homes and haunts Search this
Howells, William Dean 1837-1920 Homes and haunts Search this
James, Henry 1843-1916 Homes and haunts Search this
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937 Homes and haunts Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 196 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
2011
C2011
19th century
Contents:
From romance to realism: new houses and new literature -- Harriet Beecher Stowe and the cost of the domesticity -- William Dean Howells: realism in transit -- Henry James: dwelling in the 'house of fiction' -- Edith Wharton: a 'beautiful construction' -- Where the houses stand today
Summary:
Presents comparative domestic biographies of four American Realist writers: Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Dean Howells, Henry James, and Edith Wharton. Drawing upon extensive primary sources to reconstruct the authors' private lives, Domestic Biographies illuminates how they lived when no one was looking. In particular this book examines how the authors worked and wrote at home and how their home life in turn made its way into their novels and non-fiction.
