The riddle of the painful earth
Subtitle: suffering and society in W.D. Howells' major writings of the early 1890s
By: Robert Mielke.
Publisher: Thomas Jefferson University Press, Northeast Missouri State University; University Pub. Associates [distributor]
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Kirksville, Mo., U.S.A; Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Political and social views.; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Didactic fiction, American -- History and criticism.; Social problems in literature.; Suffering in literature.; Realism in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-204) and index.
Based on the author's dissertation (Ph. D.)--Duke University, 1986.