LEADER 03443nam 2200721 450 001 9910820247103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-3021-2 010 $a0-8131-6131-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334394 035 $a(EBL)1915595 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001402348 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12556558 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402348 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11359657 035 $a(PQKB)11759061 035 $a(OCoLC)900344931 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44622 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915595 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11007450 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691321 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915595 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334394 100 $a20150131h19881988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLanguage, race, and social class in Howells's America /$fElsa Nettels 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1988. 210 4$dİ1988 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-60039-2 311 $a0-8131-1629-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; One. Language in Howells's America; Two. ""Good Natural English""; Three. American and British English; Four. Realism and Dialect; Five. The Problem of ""Negro Dialect"" in Literature; Six. Language, Race, and Nationality in Howells's Fiction; Seven. Language and Class in the Early Novels; Eight. Language and Class in Novels of Country and City; Nine. Language and Complicity in The Minister's Charge; Ten. Language and Equality in the Late Novels; Conclusion; Notes; Works of William Dean Howells; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K 327 $aLM; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z 330 $aNo other American novelist has written so fully about language -- grammar, diction, the place of colloquialism and dialect in literary English, the relation between speech and writing -- as William Dean Howells. The power of language to create social, political, and racial identity was of central concern to Americans in the nineteenth century, and the implications of language in this regard are strikingly revealed in the writings of Howells, the most influential critic and editor of his age.In this first full-scale treatment of Howells as a writer about language, Elsa Nettels offers a historic 606 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature 606 $aSpeech and social status$zUnited States 606 $aLanguage and languages in literature 606 $aEnglish language$zUnited States 606 $aSocial classes in literature 606 $aAmericanisms in literature 606 $aRace in literature 615 0$aNational characteristics, American, in literature. 615 0$aSpeech and social status 615 0$aLanguage and languages in literature. 615 0$aEnglish language 615 0$aSocial classes in literature. 615 0$aAmericanisms in literature. 615 0$aRace in literature. 676 $a818/.409 700 $aNettels$b Elsa$01644254 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820247103321 996 $aLanguage, race, and social class in Howells's America$93990006 997 $aUNINA