Study Guide to The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells (eBook)

Intelligent Education (Urheber)

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2020
152 Seiten
Dexterity (Verlag)
978-1-64542-541-0 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Dean Howells's The Rise of Silas Lapham, one of the many in Howells' movement into stronganti-romantic realism and social criticism.As a novel of the realism movement, The Rise of Silas Lapham began Howells' trend of incorporating Christian Socialism in his writinga theory that the common welfare could be improved along guidelines of Christian ethical principles. Moreover, Howells is considered to be the father of American realism. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Howells' classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains:- Introductions to the Author and the Work- Character Summaries- Plot Guides- Section and Chapter Overviews- Test Essay and Study Q&AsThe Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by includingessay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Inhalt

CONTENTS



1) Introduction to William Dean Howells



2) Introduction to the Rise of Silas Lapham



3) Textual Analysis

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven



4) Character Analyses



5) Critical Opinion of the Rise of Silas Lapham



6) Essay Questions and Answers

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.2.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Bright Notes
• Reihe/Serie: Bright Notes
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: American Realism • anti-romantic • Christian socialism • Ethical principles • ethics • Realism • Realism movement • romantic era • Social Criticism • welfare
• ISBN-10: 1-64542-541-X / 164542541X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64542-541-0 / 9781645425410