{"product_id":"the-rise-of-silas-lapham-norton-critical-editions","title":"The Rise of Silas Lapham (Norton Critical Editions)","description":"\u003cp\u003eExtensive historical annotations have been added to the text of this Norton Critical Edition.The process of composition is followed through Howells initial sketches and letters. Analysis of the contemporary stereotypes and myths that Howells parodied in his novel is provided by Robert Falk  Clark W. Bryan  Theodore Dreiser  and Robie Macauley  and by letters from Roswell Smith to Howells.Contemporary responses by friends and readers  and by critics  illustrate the misunderstanding and hostility with which realistic fiction was sometimes greeted in Howells time. Critical essays by Donald Pizer  William R. Manierre II  John E. Hart  Harold H. Kolb  George N. Bennett  Everett Carter  and G. Thomas Tanselle represent a variety of ways in which the novel has engaged the attention of critics as well as a broad selection of the critical methods that have been applied to it.As one of the primary documents of American literary realism  the novel raises questions as to the meaning and utility of realism as an aesthetic ideal. These questions are treated in essays by C. Hugh Holman  Henry James  Larzer Ziff  Edwin H. Cady  Robert M. Figg  Charles L. Campbell  and Howells himself.A Selected Bibliography is also included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44947765067829,"sku":"ByrdShop_0393091651","price":28.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393091656_1d0d24e4-8ea9-4d50-bb01-9833278e8203.jpg?v=1770594383","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-rise-of-silas-lapham-norton-critical-editions","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}