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A study of the childhood and youth of William Dean Howells, that demonstrates how the turbulent social and cultural changes of the early nineteenth century shaped the young Howells' emotional and intellectual life. It portrays the ordeal of coming of age during a momentous period of American history.

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Dancing in Chainsis far more than a sensitive biography (though it is surely that); it is also a model of psychologically informed social and cultural history. Olsen recognizes that psychic conflicts often play themselves out on a higher plane, that psychic and intellectual history are intertwined. He presents a wonderful nuanced picture of Howells. -- Jackson Lears, Rutgers University

Dancing in Chains The Youth of William Dean

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      Publisher: New York University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/1991
      ISBN13: 9780814761724, 978-0814761724
      ISBN10: 814761720

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      Book Synopsis
      A study of the childhood and youth of William Dean Howells, that demonstrates how the turbulent social and cultural changes of the early nineteenth century shaped the young Howells' emotional and intellectual life. It portrays the ordeal of coming of age during a momentous period of American history.

      Trade Review
      Dancing in Chainsis far more than a sensitive biography (though it is surely that); it is also a model of psychologically informed social and cultural history. Olsen recognizes that psychic conflicts often play themselves out on a higher plane, that psychic and intellectual history are intertwined. He presents a wonderful nuanced picture of Howells. -- Jackson Lears, Rutgers University

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