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The Early Prose Writings of William Dean Howells, 1852-1861: 1852-1861
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by William Dean Howells; W. D. Howells; Thomas Wortham (Editor)

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While William Dean Howells is today best remembered as Mark Twain's staunchest defender, Howells was, at his peak, the unrivaled man of letters in America: he had no contemporary equal. The achievements of both Twain and Henry James have since surpassed those of Howells in the literary hierarchy, but the work of Howells still remains an important part of American letters.

In The Early Prose Writings of William Dean Howells, 1852-1861, Thomas Wortham provides a chronological assortment of Howells' first prose compositions, beginning with apprentice pieces published before the writer's eighteenth birthday. Born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio, Howells also lived in Hamilton, Dayton, Cincinnati, and Columbus, where Howells' father, a printer and newspaper publisher, would move the family and set up shop.

Howells started writing as a newspaperman, and this volume assembles pieces by Howells which appeared in the Ashtabula Sentinel, the Kingsville Academy Casket, and the Ohio Farmer, as well as the complete text of "The Independent Candidate"--his first attempt in print of an extended work of fiction--serialized in the Ashtabula Sentinel in 1854-55. Also included here is Howels' novela, Geoffrey: A Study of American Life, a thoughtful psychological study, which was never published, as well as Howells' letters to the New York World, in which he recorded his impressions and experiences relating to Ohio's early response to the declaration of the War Between the States.

Dr. Wortham furnishes extensive source annotations to document quotations and references as well as framing each selection by Howells with background and explanatory glosses. As he points out, "Howells' literary life is not wanting in sufficient documentation," but his apprentice work--"that long foreground which has in his instance been too largely represented by a handful of mediocre poems, has been lost in old files of newspapers, journals, and manuscripts." Thanks to Dr. Wortham's careful scholarship, American literature now has a much more detailed and accurate picture of the young Howells and his early works.

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  • Title The Early Prose Writings of William Dean Howells, 1852-1861: 1852-1861
  • Author William Dean Howells; W. D. Howells; Thomas Wortham (Editor)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Pages 395
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ohio University Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1990
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780821409602 / 0821409603
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 89026536
  • Dewey Decimal Code 818.409

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Thomas Wortham, professor of American literature at the University of California, Los Angeles, is an editor of the Selected Letters of W. D. Howells, as well as of other nineteenth-century works and documents. He is also co-editor of the journal Nineteenth-Century Literature and author of numerous articles on nineteenth-century American literature.

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