TY - BOOK AU - Davidson,Rob ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The master and the dean: the literary criticism of Henry James and William Dean Howells AV - PS2127.L5 D34 2005eb U1 - 810.9/004 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Columbia PB - University of Missouri Press KW - James, Henry, KW - Howells, William Dean, KW - American literature KW - History and criticism KW - Theory, etc KW - Criticism KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 19th century KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-289) and index; A horror of dogma : James, Howells, and the roots of American realism -- Young Americans : criticism and correspondence I -- James's "The art of fiction" in critical context -- Defining the critic in the "Editor's study" and "The science of criticism" -- "The honest daylight about us" : social, ethical, and moral concerns in the criticism of Howells and James, 1886-1895 -- "American chances and opportunities" : criticism and correspondence II -- The man of letters as a man of business : defining the writer, the novel, and the critic in the twentieth century -- James's prefaces to the New York edition -- Howells's literary criticism in the "Editor's easy chair" and Heroines of fiction -- On native grounds : criticism and correspondence III; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - "Comparative study of Henry James's and William Dean Howells's literary criticism. Examines the interrelationship between the men, emphasizing their aesthetic concerns and attitudes toward the market and audience, and their beliefs concerning the moral value of fiction and the United States as a literary subject, and writings about each other"--Provided by publisher UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10097280 ER -