The quality of Howells' work may be questioned today, for even he recognized that he was fading from literary acclaim in his later years. The most important were A Chance Acquaintance (1873), A Foregone Conclusion (1875), The Lady of Aroostook (1875), Their Wedding Journey (1881), Indian Summer (1886).Īs a spokesman for realism, he wrote an essay entitled "Henry James Jr.," which asserted that "the art of Fiction has become a finer art in our day than it was with Dickens and Thackery." His realistic novels included The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885), A Hazard of New Fortune (1889), Annie Kilburn (1891), A Traveller from Altruria (1894). He published works of Mark Twain and Henry James in an effort to make the magazine nationally known. Lowell used his influence to help Howells gain the United States consul post in Venice.įollowing his assignment, he returned to the United States to edit and popularize The Atlantic Monthly. Money earned from this biography afforded him a trip to New England, where he met James Russell Lowell. He did not fully put his talents to work until after he wrote the campaign biography of Lincoln. He read Cervantes, Heine, and Shakespeare and learned Spanish, German, and French. He incorporated these elements into the poetry that he wrote late at night after he had finished his work on the newspaper. From his father, he acquired equalitarian ideas from his reading of Swedenborg, he gained a persisting ethical bent. Technique and Style in The Rise of Silas Laphamīorn in Martin's Ferry, Ohio, William Dean Howells rose from the lowest position on his father's newspaper staff to novelist, critic, and spokesman for realism.Romanticism and Realism in The Rise of Silas Lapham.The Rise of Silas Lapham as Tragicomedy.
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