Love American style divorce and the American novel, 1881-1976 / [electronic resource] :
Kimberly A. Freeman.
- New York : Routledge, 2003.
- xv, 182 p.
- Literary criticism and cultural theory .
- Literary criticism and cultural theory. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index.
Americanizing divorce: the personal is political -- The "enormous fact" of American life : divorce in William Dean Howells's a modern instance -- Divorce, the American custom in Edith Wharton's The custom of the country -- Mary McCarthy's A charmed life : divorcing fiction from fact -- Divorce me : romance and realism in John Updike's Marry me : a romance -- Can the circle be broken? : divorce and the future of the American novel.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century Divorce in literature. American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century Domestic fiction, American--History and criticism. Married people in literature. Marriage in literature. Love in literature.