William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, playwright, and editor, known as 'The Dean of American Letters' for his influential role in late 19th-century literature.[1][3] Born in Ohio to a printer father, he began as a journalist and typesetter, rising to editor of The Atlantic Monthly from 1871 to 1881, while publishing key realist novels like A Modern Instance (1882) and his most famous work, The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885).[1][2][3] He championed realism, wrote extensively on social issues, and later moved to New York, becoming the first president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1908.[1][5]
Realism
Novels
Literary Criticism
The Undiscovered Country
The Son Of Royal Langbrith
Indian Summer
Selected Literary Criticism (3 Volumes) (Selected Edition of W.D. Howells)
The Whole Family
Indian Summer
Literary Friends And Acquaintance: A Personal Retrospect Of American Authorship
Under the Sunset
The White Mr. Longfellow: From 'Literary Friends and Acquaintances'
Literature and Life (Complete)
The Garroters: Farce
The Albany Depot
Boy Life: Stories and Readings Selected From The Works of William Dean Howells
A Foregone Conclusion
A Belated Guest
A Pair of Patient Lovers
Heroines Of Fiction
The Albany Depot : a Farce
The Kentons
Story Of A Play (Notable American Authors)
Christmas Every Day
Selected Letters of W. D. Howells: 1873-1881 (Selected Edition of W.D. Howells)
W. D. Howells as critic (The Routledge critics series)