Table of Contents: Conscience and purpose :

Main Author:	Petrie, Paul R., 1964-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2005
Series:	Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
Subjects:	Chesnutt,Charles Waddell, > 1858-1932 > Ethics Howells,William Dean, > 1837-1920 > Ethics Jewett,Sarah O. > 1849-1909 > Ethics Cather,Willa, > 1873-1947 > Ethics American fiction > History and criticism Ethics in literature Literature and society > United States Social ethics in literature Conscience in literature

Table of Contents:

W.D. Howellsʹs literary antitheory: toward a social-ethical aesthetic in the Editorʹs study
What is to be done?: Howellsʹs social-ethical fiction
"Unwritable things" : Sarah Orne Jewettʹs dual aesthetic in Deephaven and The country of the pointed firs
Charles W. Chesnutt and the limits of literary mediation
Willa Cather and the anti-realist uses of social reference
Implications