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Author Freeman, Kimberly A., 1968-

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

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 182 pages).
text file
Series Literary criticism and cultural theory
Literary criticism and cultural theory.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-171) and index.
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.
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Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American fiction.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Divorce in literature.
Divorce in literature.
American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Domestic fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Domestic fiction, American.
Married people in literature.
Married people in literature.
Marriage in literature.
Marriage in literature.
Love in literature.
Love in literature.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Freeman, Kimberly A., 1968- Love American style. New York : Routledge, 2003 (DLC) 2003008583
ISBN 0203505158 (electronic book)
9780203505151 (electronic book)
041596783X (Cloth)