TY - GEN T1 - The social self : Hawthorne, Howells, William James, and nineteenth-century psychology A1 - Alkana, Joseph, 1953- LA - English PP - Lexington, Ky. PB - University Press of Kentucky YR - 1997 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn605660030 AB - American literary history of the nineteenth-century as a conflict between individualistic writers and a conformist society. In The Social Self, Joseph Alkana argues that such a dichotomy misrepresents the views of many authors. Sudden changes caused by the industrial revolution, urban development, increased immigration, and regional conflicts were threatening to fragment the community, and such writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne, William James, and William Dean Howells were deeply concerned about social cohesion. Alkana persuasively reintroduces Common Sense philosophy and Jamesian psychology as w. OP - 167 CN - PS374.P7 A45 1997 SN - 9780813157337 SN - 0813157331 SN - 0813119715 SN - 9780813119717 KW - Hawthorne, Nathaniel, : 1804-1864 : Knowledge : Psychology. KW - Howells, William Dean, : 1837-1920 : Knowledge : Psychology. KW - James, William, : 1842-1910 : Influence. KW - Hawthorne, Nathaniel, : 1804-1864 : Et la psychologie. KW - Howells, William Dean, : 1837-1920 : Et la psychologie. KW - Hawthorne, Nathaniel, : 1804-1864 KW - Howells, William Dean, : 1837-1920 KW - James, William, : 1842-1910 KW - American fiction : 19th century : History and criticism. KW - Social psychology and literature : United States : History : 19th century. KW - Psychological fiction, American : History and criticism. KW - American literature : Psychological aspects. KW - Psychology in literature. KW - Self in literature. KW - Roman américain : 19e siècle : Histoire et critique. KW - Psychologie sociale et littérature : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - Roman psychologique américain : Histoire et critique. KW - Littérature américaine : Aspect psychologique. KW - Psychologie dans la littérature. KW - Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : General. KW - American fiction KW - American literature : Psychological aspects KW - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Psychological fiction, American KW - Psychology KW - Psychology in literature KW - Self in literature KW - Social psychology and literature KW - United States KW - 1800-1899 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - History ER -