Criticism and Fiction
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Criticism and Fiction is an 1891 collection of literary essays by American author and critic William Dean Howells, in which he articulates his realist principles and views on contemporary literature.
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| instanceOf |
essay collection
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literary criticism → non-fiction book → |
| advocates |
democratic approach to literature
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fidelity to ordinary life in fiction → |
| articulatesViewOf |
contemporary fiction
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relationship between criticism and creative writing → role of the novelist → |
| author |
William Dean Howells
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| authorNationality |
American
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| authorOccupation |
critic
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novelist → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticizes |
romantic conventions in fiction
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| describes |
principles of literary realism
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| discusses |
moral responsibility in fiction
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popular vs. high literature → truthfulness in representation → |
| genre |
literary essays
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literary realism → |
| hasForm |
collection of essays
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| hasInfluenceOn |
American literary criticism
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theory of American realism → |
| language |
English
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| literaryMovement |
realism
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| mediaType |
print
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| notableFor |
influence on American realist criticism
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systematic statement of Howells’s realist principles → |
| publicationCentury |
19th century
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| publicationYear |
1891
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| subject |
contemporary literature
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literary criticism → realist aesthetics → theory of fiction → |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
late 19th-century literature
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| workOf |
William Dean Howells
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William Dean Howells
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