The Black Heart's Truth: The Early Career of W. D. Howells

by John W. Crowley and John William Crowley

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W. D. Howells once wrote to his friend Mark Twain of "the black heart's-truth, which we all know of ourselves in our hearts" -- the dark core of inner life that underlies "the whity-brown truth of the pericardium, or the nice, whitened truth of the shirt front."

For Howells, a writer with a lifelong history of psychological disturbances, telling this "black heart's-truth" evinced his courage and imaginative spirit. John W. Crowley examines...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807865273

ISBN13:9780807865279

Release Date:January 2011

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.69 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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