Title Love American style : divorce and the American novel, 1881-1976 / Kimberly A. Freeman

Published New York : Routledge, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 182 pages) Series Literary criticism and cultural theory Literary criticism and cultural theory. Contents 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 Summary Spanning nearly a century during which the divorce rate skyrocketed, Love American Style traces the treatment of divorce in the American novel Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-171) and index Notes English Print version record Subject 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. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American fiction Divorce in literature Domestic fiction, American Love in literature Marriage in literature Married people in literature Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2003008583 ISBN 0203505158 9780203505151 1280251883 9781280251887 9786610251889 6610251886 1135885370 9781135885373

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