Models for the Multitudes Social Values in the American Popular Novel, 1850-1920

Name: Models for the Multitudes Social Values in the American Popular Novel, 1850-1920
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ISBN: 9780313235146

ISBN-10: 0313235147

ISBN-13: 9780313235146

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This provocative study was developed to uncover the thought processes of the best-selling authors from 1850 to 1920 concerning the subject of success. Based on the conviction that the reading of novels strongly influences social values and behavioral expectations, a number of key discoveries are presented regarding character behavior and gender, the variations between the work of female and male writers, the similarity of social values employed by widely diverse novelists, and the emergence of three distinct time periods related to alterations in gender expectations. The book points out the basic assumptions held by popular novelists, notes the parameters of human conduct approved by them…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 2/17/1987
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 214
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880



Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction


In Search of Success Models Gender Differences: Characters


The Standardized Model Gender Differences: Authors


Time Differences


A Final Evaluation


Appendixes: Mott's List Revised; The Male Questionnaire; The Female Questionnaire; Why Some Novels Were Omitted


Bibliography


Index