Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-171) and index.
Americanizing divorce: the personal is political -- The "enormous fact" of American life : divorce in William Dean Howells's a modern instance -- Divorce, the American custom in Edith Wharton's The custom of the country -- Mary McCarthy's A charmed life : divorcing fiction from fact -- Divorce me : romance and realism in John Updike's Marry me : a romance -- Can the circle be broken? : divorce and the future of the American novel.
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Spanning nearly a century during which the divorce rate skyrocketed, Love American Style traces the treatment of divorce in the American novel.
Love American style.
American fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Divorce in literature.
Domestic fiction, American-- History and criticism.