
Shadow of a Dream and An Imperative Duty
by William Dean Howells
Title:
Shadow of a Dream and An Imperative Duty
Author:
William Dean Howells
Series (if any):
Masterworks of Literature
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
240 pages
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13:
9780742534025
EAN:
9780742534025
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
474
Dimensions (mm):
150 x 229 x 15
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
These two nouvelles mark Howells' plunge into psychological realism. Their themes-a triangle of tragic agonies with psychological insights intriguingly proto-Freudian, and a drama of miscegenation-are anything but the 'smiling', lightweight topics to which Howells has been supposed to have been confined. The maturity both of their art and of their moral insight lends them an impact much deeper and more permanent than that of the shriller, more merely commercial shocking fiction of our day.

















