William Dean Howells (1837–1920)
Auteur de The Rise of Silas Lapham
A propos de l'auteur
William Dean Howells was born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio on March 1, 1837. He dropped out of school to work as a typesetter and a printer's apprentice. He taught himself through intensive reading and the study of Spanish, French, Latin, and German. He wrote a campaign biography of Abraham Lincoln in afficher plus 1860. Lincoln appointed him U.S. consul in Venice, Italy in 1861 as a reward. After returning to the U.S. several years later, he became an assistant editor for The Atlantic Monthly, later becoming editor from 1871 to 1881. He also wrote columns for Harper's New Monthly Magazine and occasional pieces for The North American Review. As an editor and critic, he was a proponent of American realism. Although he wrote over a 100 books in various genres including novels, poems, literary criticism, plays, memoirs, and travel narratives, he is best known for his realistic fiction. His novels include A Modern Instance, The Rise of Silas Lapham, A Hazard of New Fortunes, The Undiscovered Country, A Chance Acquaintance, An Imperative Duty, Annie Kilburn, and The Coast of Bohemia. He received several honorary degrees from universities as well as a Gold Medal for fiction (later renamed after him as the Howells Medal) from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He died from pneumonia on May 11, 1920. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) This is the author page for the American diplomat, novelist and critic. For the anthropologist, please see William Howells.
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Séries
Œuvres de William Dean Howells
Novels 1875-1886: A Foregone Conclusion, A Modern Instance, Indian Summer, The Rise of Silas Lapham (1982) 324 exemplaires
William Dean Howells : Novels 1886-1888 : The Minister's Charge / April Hopes / Annie Kilburn (Library of America) (1989) 242 exemplaires
Literary friends and acquaintance; a personal retrospect of American authorship (1900) 36 exemplaires
Cambridge Neighbors: From Literary Friends and Acquaintance (World Cultural Heritage Library) (2009) 7 exemplaires
Delphi Complete Works of William Dean Howells (Illustrated) (Series Five Book 16) (2015) 6 exemplaires
The mouse-trap. Farce 5 exemplaires
Life in letters of William Dean Howells 5 exemplaires
Selected writings of W.D.Howells 5 exemplaires
A day's pleasure 4 exemplaires
Complete Works of Mark Twain 4 exemplaires
Three villages 4 exemplaires
A fearful responsibility 4 exemplaires
A Counterfeit Presentment: Comedy 3 exemplaires
The Greatest Christmas Stories & Poems in One Volume: 150 Tales, Poems & Carols (Illustrated): Silent Night, Ring Out… (2015) 3 exemplaires
Letters home 3 exemplaires
The country printer 2 exemplaires
Heroines of fiction, volume I 2 exemplaires
A realist in the American theatre : selected drama criticism of William Dean Howells (1992) 2 exemplaires
The Incredible Tales of Ohio (Illustrated Edition): The Renegades, The First Great Settlements, The Captivity of James… (2017) 2 exemplaires
William Dean Howells - Premium Collection: 27 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated): The Rise of Silas Lapham, A Traveler… (2015) 2 exemplaires
Venetian Life: In Two Volumes, Vol. I 2 exemplaires
Eine preussische Konigstochter: Glanz und Elend am Hofe des Soldatenkonigs in den Memoiren der Markgrafin Wilhelmine… (1981) 2 exemplaires
Mark Twain-Howells Letters: The Correspondence of Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells, 1869-1910 [Two Volumes] (1960) 2 exemplaires
The Ultimate Christmas Collection: 150+ authors & 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends 2 exemplaires
The Howells Story Book 2 exemplaires
A BOY'S TOWN ADVENTURES: The Flight of Pony Baker, Boy Life, A Boy's Town & Years of My Youth (Illustrated… (2015) 2 exemplaires
Собрание сочинений в восьми томах 2 exemplaires
L'estate di San Martino 1 exemplaire
LibriVox Christmas Short Works Collection 2020 — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
novels, 1886- 1 exemplaire
a story of a play 1 exemplaire
American Critical Essays, XIX-XX Century (The World's Classics) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Librivox Christmas Short Works Collection 2006 1 exemplaire
The Complete Works of William Dean Howells (Illustrated): Christmas Every Day, The Rise of Silas Lapham, A Traveler… 1 exemplaire
Venetian Life 1 exemplaire
Christmas Short Works Collection 2014 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
A Traveler from Altruria & Through the Eye of the Needle (Dystopian Classics): From the Author of The Rise of Silas… 1 exemplaire
Their Wedding Journey 1 exemplaire
Italian Journeys, Vol. 1 1 exemplaire
Italian Journeys, Vol. 2 1 exemplaire
A Woman's Reason 1 exemplaire
Venetian Life: In Two Volumes, Vol. II 1 exemplaire
The Vacation of the Kelwyns 1 exemplaire
Howells Criticism and Fiction and other essays edited by Clara Marburg Kirk and Rudolf Kirk (1959) 1 exemplaire
Tuscan Cities 1 exemplaire
The complete plays of W.D. Howells 1 exemplaire
Certian Delightful English Towns 1 exemplaire
TUTTI I GIORNI NATALE 1 exemplaire
A BOY'S TOWN ADVENTURES: The Flight of Pony Baker, Boy Life, A Boy's Town & Years of My Youth: Illustrated Edition -… 1 exemplaire
The Complete Travel Books of W.D. Howells (Illustrated Edition): Venetian Life, Italian Journeys, Roman Holidays and… 1 exemplaire
Riscurile parvenirii 1 exemplaire
Room Forty-Five : A Farce 1 exemplaire
Christmas Everyday Gift Set 1 exemplaire
Doorstep acquaintance, and other sketches 1 exemplaire
The unexpected guests : a farce 1 exemplaire
The Rise of Silas Lapham. Modern Library #277 1 exemplaire
Hither and thither in Germany 1 exemplaire
“Henry James, Jr.” 1 exemplaire
He Venice Novels: A Foregone Conclusion, Ragged Lady & The Lady of the Aroostook (2019) 1 exemplaire
A parting and a meeting story 1 exemplaire
The smoking car : a farce 1 exemplaire
Dystopian Classics: Through the Eye of the Needle & A Traveler from Altruria: From the Author of The Rise of Silas… (2017) 1 exemplaire
Out of the question : a comedy 1 exemplaire
The Complete Travel Books of William Dean Howells: Travel Memoirs & Reports from Traveling Across Europe (Illustrated):… (2015) 1 exemplaire
Amazing Stories from the History of Ohio (Illustrated): The Renegades, The First Great Settlements, The Captivity of… (2016) 1 exemplaire
Une Rencontre: Roman de Deux Touristes sur le Saint-Laurent Et le Saguenay (Classic Reprint) (French Edition) (2017) 1 exemplaire
Undiscovered Country-Volume 2 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1837-03-01
- Date de décès
- 1920-05-11
- Lieu de sépulture
- Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Martins Ferry, Ohio, USA
- Lieu du décès
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Martins Ferry, Ohio, USA
New York, New York, USA
Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Kittery Point, Maine, USA
England (tout afficher 7)
Italy - Études
- self-educated
- Professions
- novelist
poet
playwright
editor
literary critic
travel writer (tout afficher 14)
biographer
reporter
U.S. Consul (to Venice)
clerk, Ohio State House of Representatives
short-story writer
translator
essayist
children's book author - Relations
- Howells, John Mead (son)
- Organisations
- Ohio State Journal
Atlantic Monthly
Anti-Imperialist League
American Academy of Arts and Letters (president) - Prix et distinctions
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (president and member)
William Dean Howells House, Cambridge, Massachusetts - Notice de désambigüisation
- This is the author page for the American diplomat, novelist and critic. For the anthropologist, please see William Howells.
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