Freeman, Kimberly A., 1968-

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.


Electronic books.

PS374.D55 / F74 2003

813/.6