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The New England girl : cultural ideals in Hawthorne, Stowe, Howells, and James

Title
The New England girl : cultural ideals in Hawthorne, Stowe, Howells, and James / Paul John Eakin.
Author
Eakin, Paul John.
Publication
Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©1976.

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Description
252 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 > Criticism and interpretation
  • James, Henry, 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
  • Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
  • James, Henry, 1843-1916
  • Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
  • Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804-1864
  • Howells, William Dean 1837-1920
  • James, Henry 1843-1916
  • Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811-1896
  • James, Henry
  • Hawthorne, Nathaniel
  • Howells, William Dean
  • Stowe, Harriet Beecher
  • 1800-1899
  • Geschichte 1800-1900
  • American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Women in literature
  • Young women > New England
  • American fiction
  • Manners and customs
  • Young women
  • Frau Motiv
  • Literatur
  • New England > Social life and customs
  • New England
  • Neuengland
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: History and the heroines of fiction -- pt. 1. A native literary tradition: Harriet Beecher Stowe and Nathaniel Hawthorne: Renunciation in New England: Harriet Beecher Stowe and The minister's wooing -- Self-culture: Margaret Fuller and Hawthorne's heroines -- pt. 2. The New England girls of William Dean Howells and Henry James: The Howells heroine: from The lady of the Aroostook to April hopes -- Henry James and the New England consciousness: Roderick Hudson, The Europeans, Hawthorne -- The tragedy of self-culture: The portrait of a lady -- New England in extremis: The Bostonians.
ISBN
  • 0820303984
  • 9780820303987
LCCN
74018583
OCLC
  • ocm02700583
  • 2700583
  • SCSB-8410521
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library