Conscience and purpose : fiction and social consciousness in Howells, Jewett, Chesnutt, and Cather /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Petrie, Paul R., 1964-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2005]
Series:	Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
Subjects:	American fiction > History and criticism. Ethics in literature. Chesnutt, Charles W. > (Charles Waddell), > 1858-1932 > Ethics. Howells, William Dean, > 1837-1920 > Ethics. Jewett, Sarah Orne, > 1849-1909 > Ethics. Literature and society > United States. Cather, Willa, > 1873-1947 > Ethics. Social ethics in literature. Conscience in literature.
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