"Being as rich as my father had made me allowed me to nourish a small talent for irony, irony being the vehicle by which the essentially second rate arrive at some kind of superiority."
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William Dean Howells March 1, 1837 to May 11, 1920 Born in Martin Ferry, Ohio & Died in New York City Playwright, poet, editor, critic, and novelist who was a hugely important proponent of realism in American literature. His novels have held up well. Quote "The critic exists because the author first existed."
Off-Site Resource Very Good Information About William Dean Howells From Perspectives In American Literature Website
Bibliography (From the William Dean Howells pages at Perspectives in American Literature, used with permission.) Venetian Life - 1866 Suburban Sketches - 1871 Their Wedding Journey - 1872 A Chance Acquaintance - 1873 A Foregone Conclusion - 1875 Out of the Question - 1877 A Counterfeit Presentment - 1877 The Lady of the Aroostook - 1879 The Undiscovered Country - 1880 A Fearful Responsibility - 1881 Doctor Breen's Practice - 1881 A Modern Instance - 1882 A Woman's Reason - 1883 The Rise of Silas Lapham - 1885 Tuscan Cities - 1886 Indian Summer - 1886 A Minister's Charge - 1887 April Hopes - 1888 Annie Kilburn - 1889 The Mouse Trap and Other Farces - 1889 The Sleeping Car and Other Farces - 1889 A Hazard of New Fortunes - 1890 The Shadow of a Dream - 1890 A Boy's Town - 1890 Criticism and Fiction - 1891 The Imperative Duty - 1892 The Quality of Mercy - 1892 The World of Chance - 1893 My Year in a Log Cabin - 1893 The Coast of Bohemia - 1893 A Traveler from Altruria - 1894 My Literary Passions - 1895 Stops of Various Quills - 1895 Impressions and Experiences - 1896 The Landlord at Lions Head - 1897 The Story of a Play - 1898 Literary Friends and Acquaintances - 1900 Heroines of Fiction - 1901 The Kentons - 1902 The Flight of Pony Baker: A Boys Town Story - 1902 Literature and Life - 1902 Questionable Shapes - 1903 The Son of Royal Langbrith - 1904 London Films - 1906 Certain Delightful English Towns - 1906 Through the Eye of the Needle - 1907 Between the Dark and the Daylight - 1907 The Whole Family: A Novel by Twelve Authors - 1908 (editor and writer) My Mark Twain - 1910 New Leaf Mills - 1913 The Leatherwood God - 1916 Years of My Youth - 1916 The Vacation of the Kelwyns - 1920
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"Being as rich as my father had made me allowed me to nourish a small talent for irony, irony being the vehicle by which the essentially second rate arrive at some kind of superiority."
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