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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783877703321

Autore

Freeman Kimberly A. <1968->

Titolo

Love American style [[electronic resource] ] : divorce and the American novel, 1881-1976 / / Kimberly A. Freeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-135-88537-0

1-280-25188-3

9786610251889

0-203-50515-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Collana

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Disciplina

813/.6

Soggetti

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Divorce in literature

American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Domestic fiction, American - History and criticism

Married people in literature

Marriage in literature

Love in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Americanizing divorce: the personal is political -- The "enormous fact" of American life : divorce in William Dean Howells's a modern instance -- Divorce, the American custom in Edith Wharton's The custom of the country -- Mary McCarthy's A charmed life : divorcing fiction from fact -- Divorce me : romance and realism in John Updike's Marry me : a romance -- Can the circle be broken? : divorce and the future of the American novel.

Sommario/riassunto

Spanning nearly a century during which the divorce rate skyrocketed, Love American Style traces the treatment of divorce in the American novel.