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William Dean Howells photograph
No full textThis is a portrait of journalist and author William Dean Howells, ca. 1900. Howells was born on March 1, 1837, in Martinsville (now Martins Ferry), Ohio, but later moved with his family to Hamilton, Dayton, Xenia, Columbus, Ashtabula and finally Jefferson. By his early 20s, Howells had become a newspaper reporter; he also began to write poetry and published his first collection in 1859. The Atlantic Monthly also began to publish his literary work, and Howells' reputation grew quickly. In 1860, the Republican Party selected him to write a biography of their presidential candidate, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln won the election of 1860 and rewarded Howells by appointing him the United States Consul to Venice. Howells remained in this position until 1865, when he returned to the United States and became an editor with The Atlantic Monthly, and later with Harper's and Cosmopolitan. Howells became a well-known novelist during the late 19th century, publishing his first novel, "Their Wedding Journey," in 1872. He authored 35 novels over the next fifty years, as well as numerous short stories, plays, and poems. Howells was the first president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on May 11, 1920
William Dean Howells and wife portrait
No full textThis is a portrait of journalist and author William Dean Howells, seen with his wife Elinor (Mead) Howells in Venice, Italy, where he served as U.S. Consul, ca. 1862-1865. Howells was born on March 1, 1837, in Martinsville (now Martins Ferry), Ohio. By his early 20s, Howells had become a newspaper reporter; he also began to write poetry and published his first collection in 1859. The Atlantic Monthly also began to publish his literary work, and Howells' reputation grew quickly. In 1860, the Republican Party selected him to write a biography of their presidential candidate, Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln won the election of 1860 and rewarded Howells by appointing him the United States Consul to Venice. Howells remained in this position until 1865, when he returned to the United States and became an editor with The Atlantic Monthly.
Howells became a well-known novelist during the late 19th century, publishing his first novel, "Their Wedding Journey," in 1872. He authored 35 novels over the next fifty years, as well as numerous short stories, plays, and poems. Howells was the first president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on May 11, 1920
I Remember piece on the 1964 World\u27s Fair in which the author, Harvey Howells,
No full textI Remember piece on the 1964 World\u27s Fair in which the author, Harvey Howells, put together the Maine booth-hall at the New England Pavilion with 3 million to the pavilion and a Massachusetts solon complained of his state taking a publicity licking from a bunch of hick towns in Maine
Letter From William Dean Howells to Mary Dean Howells
No full textabstract: Concerning a letter to the author's mother about his relief at having a book in good hands and his happiness that Mr. Douglas has written to her.Curator's Note: The book mentioned in Howell's letter could possibly be one of three of his works published around this time: The Coast of Bohemia (1893), My Year In a Log Cabin (1893), or A Traveler from Altruria (1894).
Provenance: Original manuscript is tipped in to a copy of the book "William Dean Howells: A Critical Study" by Delmar Gross Cooke Local Call Number SPEC- E-192. Bookplate inside the book reads "The Edward Bliss Hill and Clara Hood Hill Memorial Collection of Literature given to the Matthews Library Arizona State College at Tempe by their Daughter Gertrude Francis Hill
"Ever Devotedly Yours:" The Whitlock-Howells Correspondence
No full textW. D. Howells is known for his encouragement of other authors. This article, largely based upon fifteen manuscript letters in the Rutgers Library, tells us about the relationship between Howells and the American author, Brand Whitlock (1869-1937)
William Dean Howells, Author and Journalist
No full text Howells, in his novels, presents characters who, like himself, moved from the newspaper field into literature, others who proved to be competent journalists and some who can only be called hacks. Dr. Braly is a lecturer in journalism and business director of student publications at the University of Texas </jats:p
The realist as short story writer: William Dean Howells
No full textAlthough most areas of the literary work of William Dean Howells have received a relatively large scholarly scrutiny, one important segment has been virtually neglected. This is the short story, which Howells began writing early in his career and which was his major creative output during the last twenty years of his life. The purpose of this study is to establish Howells' short story canon, to study the works included in the canon, and to reach some conclusions concerning Howells as a short story writer and concerning the short stories themselves. After the initial step of examination of a commonly acceptable definition of the short story and Howells' concept of the short story, the second step was the determining of which of Howells' writings properly belong to the type, Titles have been gathered from listings in major bibliographies plus suggestions found in works by other Howells scholars, a thorough search of The Atlantic Monthly and other magazines in which Howells published, and references in Howells' published letters and bibliographical writings, After the works designated as short stories by bibliographers or other scholars had been collected, the remaining short works that are not categorized were considered. One of the problems was that some of the shorter pieces are simply listed, thus necessitating exclusion of such forms as narrative poems and essays. Once the listing was narrowed to short works or prose fiction, the final examination was undertaken. Each work was considered for length and magnitude and other short story characteristics, including conscious but limited plot development, characterization, setting, singleness and unity of effect. This process resulted in a count of forty-five short stories written between 1853 and 1917. The short stories were then analyzed in terms of setting, characterization, point of view, structure, and theme. The study reveals a rapid and steady progress toward realism as the controlling factor in the choice of material, the strictly technical elements, and the themes of Howells' short stories. Most of the same major characteristics are evidenced in the short stories as in the novels; and although most modern readers a.re unfamiliar with Howells' short stories, a number certainly would bear comparison with those of better known short story writers. Overall, the major strengths and weaknesses of Howells' short stories lie in his theory of literary realism, effectively carried out in his short stories, which contains its own inherent limitations
Using accessible resistance exercise to build emotional and physical strength- embodying pedagogies for accessible health and physical development (physical education) teacher education
No full textMurray, University of Stirling and Roehampton; Kristy Howells, Canterbury Christ Church University; Pamela Murray, University of Worcester; Jemma Gerstenberger, Michael McCormack and Leah Harrower-Cassells, University of Stirling; PE Primary Specialists, University of Roehampton
Background: This program and pedagogical approach facilitate opportunities for participants to experience active learning integrating physical, cognitive and social domains when accommodating their own constraints through a developmental series of resistance movement problems. It is presented for colleagues for both professional and personal physically active learning and living toolkits.
Learning activities: In essence, a skill theme approach (Graham et al., 2020) is complemented with explicit means to develop efficacy and agency across an educational resistance movement progression (Murray, 2013, 2014). These have been researched across primary, secondary (Murray and Napper-Owen, 2021) curricular and school wide school systems, and higher education settings (Murray, Murray and Howells, 2023).
Accessibility of workshop: This workshop may be experienced (and hopefully enjoyed) in a variety of ways, from fully immersed activity to engagement and reflection drawn vicariously.
Workshop Outcomes: The program is set collegially upon holistic learning domains. 1. Attendees will explore contextualised developmentally appropriate principles of
practice from planning through implementation and then have opportunity to consider in their respective settings. 2. Colleagues will be able to try these and then reflect upon these, sharing insights in our online interactive padlet. This keep sake is populated with the program and links to the supporting and current research. 3. Attendee participation will be most gratefully acknowledged with a transcript certification of the “I Can Resist PCK” workshop
Intention and Actuality in the Fiction of William Dean Howells
Get PDFThis study of Howells\u27 fiction is a discussion of representative novels of the author\u27s from A Foregone Conclusion in 1875 through his last novel, The Vacation of the Kelwyns, in 1920. The arrangement of the novels in chronological order is primarily for convenience; no attempt has been made to trace the literary development of the author. My purpose, rather, has been to show that Howells, throughout the greater part of his career as a novelist, was consistent in his literary method. To understand that method is to have a better understanding of meaning in the novels. Finally, in demonstrating that there exists a genuine relationship between method and meaning in the novels, I have suggested that Howells\u27 fiction embodies an attitude which, as later formulated in the philosophy of William James, came to be known as pragmatism
Howells\u27 Travel Writing:Theory And Practice.
No full textW. D. Howell’s travel books and reviews of travel books have received limited critical attention. Yet he shows himself a fine artist and critic. Howells reviewed many travel books during his years with the Atlantic Monthly, 1866-1881, and became increasingly aware of the demands of the genre. Among the issues he discusses those treating vision, point of view, appropriate use of humor, choice of material, and the value of facts and generalizations are the most significant. The eye which sees clearly, he suggests, has no need of new and fresh material; the freshness must be within. The artist should record what he sees with fidelity, even when what he sees may be common. Those writers who honestly respond to experience win Howell’s praise, and he commends those who do not make absolute judgments about art and history. His reviews also reveal his interest in the relationships between travel literature and realism. His distrust of absolutes, his emphasis on experience, and his interest in incompleteness suggest that he approaches “reality” by pragmatic means.
A limited realism appears in Venetian Life (1866) and Italian Journeys (1867). Howells criticizes conventional, sentimental treatments of Italy and speaks irreverently and iconoclastically of the Old World. However, both volumes are marries by vacillations in tone, shifting points of view, and sentimental passages. Howells’ use of sentimentality and associational techniques shows him influenced by the doctrines of the Scottish realists and working in the sentimental tradition. Howells treats history and art in didactic and moral terms and attempts to find connections between history and life.
In Tuscan Cities (1886), he attempts, somewhat unsuccessfully, to rehumanize history by imaginatively re-experiencing it. His view of man is now darker, and he concerns himself more with civil disorders and the fragility of democracy. He sees altruism as necessary and praises those who have shown a genius for humanity. Unfortunately, the techniques he uses are not wholly appropriate to his serious social concerns. However, Howells skillfully renders dramatic incidents and sensitively responds to the “human landscape.” His interest in humanity leads him to conclude that architecture should be suited to man\u27s uses and that art should reveal basic truths about human nature.
In the twentieth century Howells writes three books about England, London Films (1906), Certain Delightful English Towns (1906), and Seven English Cities (1909). He has solved the technical problems relating to point of view and tome, and now he relies on methods of indirection to convey his meanings, He uses images and impressions (as James does) to suggest the rich texture of English civilization. In his interest in growth and organic relationships he follows the lead of Emerson and Hawthorne (he is more influenced by Hawthorne than by Emerson). More than in other volumes he sensitively explores the implications of tradition and examines the continuity implicit in English civilization.
Howells writes of Italy again in Roman Holidays (1908) and creates a vigorous, entertaining work. The humor of the book, its notable feature, complements his shrewd social criticism. By frequently rendering slight dramatic incidents he demonstrates that the surfaces and edges of life may reveal much to the artist who looks closely at them. Roman Holidays is finely structured, and exemplifies those qualities which he admires in other art: balance, proportion, and fidelity in representation. In Familiar Spanish Travels (1913), Howells’ last major travel book, nostalgia counts for much and material for little. He creates excellent effects by contrasting age and youth and illusion and reality.
In all Howells t travel books a consistent purpose of realism can be seen. He makes a significant contribution to the art of travel writing, both as critic and artist. Because he thought travel literature a challenging form and because he looked clearly, his books deserve not to be forgotten. He created a body of work which illustrates that travel and self-discovery are often synonymous
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