| Description |
xiv, 304 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Sociological matrix of the novel of manners -- James Fenimore Cooper : worldly manners and Christian morals -- Henry James : the superstitious valuation of Europe -- William Dean Howells : equality as the basis of good society -- Edith Wharton : social historian of old New York -- Sinclair Lewis : the Romantic comedian as realist mimic -- F. Scott Fitzgerald : the Romantic tragedian as moral fabulist -- John O'Hara : class hatred and sexuality -- John P. Marquand : stasis and change -- Cozzens and Auchincloss : the legacy of form -- Way we live now. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- History and criticism.
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Manners and customs in literature.
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| ISBN |
0807811882 |
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