Conscience and purpose : fiction and social consciousness in Howells, Jewett, Chesnutt, and Cather /
Petrie, Paul R.,1964-
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947
American fiction
Ethics in literature.
Literature and society
Social ethics in literature.
Conscience in literature.