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Article: James and Howells: Two Realistic Novelists
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James and Howells: Two Realistic Novelists
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The Dangers of Fiction.
In the early days of the American republic, critics considered fiction a swoon inducing form that muddled the heads and the morals of readers (most of them susceptible young women). Many early novels did indeed focus on crime, intrigue, and illicit sexuality. A book peddler might advertise his wares with the cry
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Seduction! Revolution! Murder!
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William Hill Brown (1765-1793), whose
The Power of Sympathy
(1789) is generally considered the first American novel, admitted that
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this species of writing hath not been received with universal approbation.
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Eager to win approvai for his ...
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