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BL
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951079
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b705449
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| Main Entry
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Freeman, Kimberly A.,1968-
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| Title & Author
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Love American style : : divorce and the American novel, 1881-1976 /\ Kimberly A. Freeman.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, 2003.
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| Series Statement
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Literary criticism and cultural theory
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1 online resource (xv, 182 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203505158
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: 1280251883
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: 6610251886
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: 9780203505151
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: 9781280251887
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: 9786610251889
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041596783X
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-171) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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Spanning nearly a century during which the divorce rate skyrocketed, Love American Style traces the treatment of divorce in the American novel.
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American fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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Divorce in literature.
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Domestic fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Love in literature.
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Marriage in literature.
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Married people in literature.
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American fiction.
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Divorce in literature.
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Domestic fiction, American.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Love in literature.
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Marriage in literature.
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Married people in literature.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.6
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| LC Classification
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PS374.D55F74 2003eb
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