Abstract
Exposes the illusions of self-fulfillment in late-20th-century America by tracing changing cultural values involved in such issues as intimacy, marriage, identity, and success, elements found in American realist fiction that both reflects and critiques the ascendant ideology. Examples include William Dean Howells's 'A Modern Instance' (1882) and the short fiction of Frederick Barthelme.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 533-548 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Southern Review |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - Jun 1 1989 |
Keywords
- AMERICAN authors
- REALISM
- MARRIAGE
- MODERN philosophy
- ANXIETY
- VALUES (Ethics)
- NATIONAL characteristics
- INTERPERSONAL relations
- FICTION
- HOWELLS, William Dean, 1837-1920