biography
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Howells, William Dean
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1837–1920)
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| biography:
| Writer and critic, born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio, USA. A typesetter, then a reporter, his early poetry was published in the Atlantic Monthly, which he later edited (1871–81). His biography of Lincoln (1860) procured for him the post of US consul in Venice (1861–5). He became the king of critics in America, with his Easy Chair column for Harper's (1900–20). A great influence on Mark Twain and Henry James, his theories of fiction were expounded in Criticism and Fiction (1891). His novels include Their Wedding Journey (1872), The Lady of the Aroostook (1879), and A Hazard of New Fortunes (1890). |
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