Presented in order of their first appearance, the articles in each volume constitute a revealing record of developing insights and important shifts of critical emphasis. Each article has opened a fresh line of inquiry, established a fresh perspective on a familiar topic, or settled a question that engaged the interest of experts.
Partial Contents
The Literary Background of Howells's Social Criticism (1942)/George Arms
A Note on Howells and "The Smiling Aspects of Life" (1945)/Edwin H. Cady
Howells, the Atlantic Monthly, and Republicanism (1952)/Louis J. Budd
The Ethical Unity of The Rise of Silas Lapham (1960)/Donald Pizer
Point of View in Howells's The Landlord at Lion's Head (1962)/William McMurray
The Architecture of The Rise of Silas Lapham (1966)/G. Thomas Tanselle
Howells and Ade (1966)/Jack Brenner
The Dark Side of Their Wedding Journey (1969)/Marion W. Cumpiano
William Dean Howells, George William Curtis, and the "Haymarket Affair" (1969)/Clara and Rudolf Kirk
Savagery and Civilization The Moral Dimensions of Howells's A Boy's Town (1969)/Tom H. Towers
Transformations: The Blithdale Romance to Howells and James (1976)/Robert Emmet Long
The Wilderness Within: Howell's A Boy's Town (1976)/Thomas Cooley
Invalids and Actresses: Howells's Duplex Imagery for American Women (1976)/Sidney H. Bremer
William Dean Howells and Charles W. Chestnut Criticism and Race Fiction in the Age of Booker T. Washington (1976)/William L. Andrews
Howells's Oresteia: The Union of Theme and Structure in The Shadow of A Dream (1977)/Barbara L. Parker
An Interoceanic Episode: The Lady of the Aroostook (1977)/John W. Crowley