Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

Carolyn Wells published under the pseudonym Rowland Wright.

Author, editor, critic.

William Dean Howells was an American novelist and editor of the Atlantic Monthly.

William Dean Howells: novelist and man of letters; United States consul in Venice (1861-1865); editor of The Atlantic Monthly (1871-1881) and of Cosmopolitan (1881-1892); a champion of realism in literature.

Hurd and Houghton published two volumes of Piatt's poems in 1872.

American novelist William Dean Howells was a leader of the school of realism, an important editor, and a critic. His magazine essays in "Atlantic" and "Harper's" recorded and questioned contemporary American life.

Howells was a novelist and editor of the Atlantic Monthly.

Howells was the son of an anti-slavery journalist. He learned to set type in his father's printing office. From 1856 to 1861, he was reporter and editorial writer for the Ohio State Journal. He published a book of poems at age twentytwo with friend John J. Piatt. Howells was appointed consulate of Venice by Lincoln, returning to the United States is 1865. He was on staff with the Nation and became editor of the Atlantic Monthly (1866-1881). As poet, novelist, editor, and literary critic, Howells rejected sentimental romanticism in favor of critical realism. His work reflected a truthful view of human behavior and of America's middle class. As Howells advanced realism as a literary form, he turned increasingly to social reform.

American man of letters.

William Dean Howells was a novelist and man of letters, United States consul in Venice (1861-1865), editor of The Atlantic Monthly (1871-1881) and of Cosmopolitan (1891-1892), and a champion of realism in literature.

American novelist, literary critic, and man of letters, U.S. consul in Venice (1861-1865), editor of The Atlantic Monthly (1871-1881) and of Cosmopolitan (1891-1892); b. in Martins's Ferry, Ohio; lived most of his life in Cambridge, Mass., becoming part of Boston society and its distinguished literary circle.

American author and editor.

Novelist and critic.

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an author and editor-in-chief of the Atlantic monthly from 1871-1881.

William Dean Howells was a novelist and man of letters, United States consul in Venice (1861-1865), editor of The Atlantic Monthly (1871-1881) and of Cosmopolitan (1891-1892).

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American critic, novelist, poet and playwright.

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was a notable and prolific American author. From 1885 to 1916, he was under contract with the press of Harper & Brothers.

American author.

Author.

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American critic, editor, and author. In 1908, he was elected the first president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most well-known work is "A Modern Instance".

William Dean Howells was a novelist and man of letters. He served as United States consul in Venice (1861-1865), editor of The Atlantic Monthly (1871-1881), and editor of Cosmopolitan (1881-1892).

William Dean Howells was an American novelist and short story writer.

Letters written by William Dean Howells, including several to Henry Blake Fuller, and letters received from various correspondents.

William Dean Howells was an important American novelist, editor, journalist, travel writer, and critic. As an editor, he helped reshape American literature by publishing material with a continental scope and regional focus, including early works by Mark Twain, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Bret Harte, and Sarah Orne Jewett. His preference for realistic action fused with simple language was influential in the development of the "New Journalism" literary movement in the 1960s.

American editor, essayist, poet, and writer of fiction.

William Dean Howells was an American novelist and journalist.

American novelist.

William Dean Howells was a novelist and man of letters. He served as United States consul in Venice (1861-1865), editor of The Atlantic Monthly (1871-1881) and of Cosmopolitan (1891-1892). He was a champion of realism in literature.

William Dean Howells was a novelist and man of letters. He served as United States consul in Venice (1861-1865), as editor of The Atlantic Monthly (1871-1881), and as editor of Cosmopolitan (1881-1892).

William Dean Howells was an author, poet, playwright, and also the editor of the Atlantic Monthly and Harper's magazines.

William Dean Howells was a novelist and man of letters. He served as United States consul in Venice (1861-1865) as well as editor of The Atlantic Monthly (1871-1881) and of Cosmopolitan (1891-1892).

Novelist, poet, and journalist.

American author and literary critic, known for the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel The Rise of Silas Lapham.

William Dean Howells was an American novelist and man of letters, the United States consul in Venice (1861-1865), editor of the Atlantic Monthly (1871-1881) and of Cosmopolitan (1891-1892), and a champion of realism in literature.

Howells was a critic, novelist, poet, and playwright.

William Dean Howells, born in 1837 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, was a 19th century American author, translator, literary critic and editor. Howells began to work at the Ohio State Journal in 1858 where he wrote poetry, short stories, and translated pieces from French, Spanish, and German. He became an assistant editor in 1856 for the Atlantic Monthly and was made editor in 1871, remaining in the position until 1881. Howells was a prolific writer in a variety of genres and is best know today for his realistic fiction.

American author, journalist, periodical editor and literary critic.

William Dean Howells was a novelist and man of letters, United States consul in Venice (1861-1865), editor of The Atlantic Monthly (1871-1881) and of Cosmopolitan (1881-1892), and a champion of realism in literature.

Author, editor.

American author, editor, and critic, William Dean Howells was born on March 1, 1837, in Martin's Ferry, Ohio and died May 11, 1920, in New York, New York. Howells was an editor for over forty years, beginning work as writer and/or editor for several Ohio journals and newspapers. In 1861 President Lincoln arranged Howells's appointment as the United States Consul to Venice, Italy, which he continued until 1865. During this tenure he authored of the column "Letter from Venice." In 1866 he began as an assistant editor for Atlantic Monthly, becoming its chief editor in 1871 and continue as such until 1881. He joined Harper's Monthly (New York City) in 1886, where he was the author of the column "Editor's Study" (1886–1891) and later the column "Editor's Easy Chair" (1900–1920).

In addition to editing, Howells wrote poetry, novels, short fiction, biographies, plays, essays and criticism, travel narratives, as well as autobiographies and reminiscences. He was as a lecturer in Italian literature at Harvard University from 1869–71 and a founding sponsor of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In addition to honorary degrees granted by Harvard University, Yale University, Oxford University, Columbia University, Princeton University, and Adelbert College, Howells received the Gold Medal for fiction (now known as the Howells Medal) from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1915.

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American author, critic and journalist; editor of Atlantic monthly and Harper's monthly magazine.

Championed realism and naturalism in American literature through his own writings and through his criticism, in which he encouraged younger realists, including Mark Twain, Stephen Crane and Frank Norris.

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American author, novelist and literary critic. Born in Ohio, he had his first poem published (by his newspaper editor father) at the age of 15. Starting in 1858 he wrote poetry, short stories, and translations for the Ohio State Journal, and in 1860 he published a biography of Abraham Lincoln. He wrote for various magazines and publications until 1866 when he became assistant editor, and then editor (1871), of the Atlantic Monthly, a position he held until 1881. In 1904, he was one of the first seven chosen for membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and he later served as the organization's president.

Howells wrote plays, essays, and literary criticism but is perhaps best known for his novels, which include Their Wedding Journey (1872), A Modern Instance (1882), The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885), Annie Kilburn (1888), and A Hazard of New Fortunes (1890).