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Diverse Realms of Fiction Expand the Great Novel
The essay surveys international and domestic fiction, praising authors like Parker, Wallace, James, Howells, Fuller, and Warner. It notes a shift to society and reform novels, traces influence of travel and colonial settings, and argues fiction mirrors and shapes civil life while promising further exploration of unexhausted themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Catherwood
Gilbert Parker
Parkman
Listerian
Canada
Dollard
Fort St. John
North America
Parker
St. Lawrence
Louis XIV
Lew Wallace
Orient
William Ware
Zenobia
Aurelian
Julian
Marion Crawford
India
Italy
Arabia
Austria
Europe
America
London
Paris
Henry James, Jr
San Francisco
Vancouver
Manitoba
Montreal
Holmes
Lowell
Scott
Queen Elizabeth
William D. Howells
Silas Lapham
Henry B. Fuller
Chicago
Charles Dudley Warner