Dancing in Chains: The Youth of William Dean Howells

by Rodney Olsen and Rodney D. Olsen

Book Overview

"Dancing in Chains is far more than a sensitive biography (though it is surely that); it is also a model of psychologically informed social and cultural history. Olsen recognizes that psychic conflicts often play themselves out on a higher plane, that psychic and intellectual history are intertwined. He presents a wonderful nuanced picture of Howells."
--Jackson Lears, Rutgers University
In this insightful study of the childhood and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814761720
• ISBN13: 9780814761724
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"