E.W. Howe

Bookseller

Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

011359

Title

E.W. Howe

Author

S.J. Sackett

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Near Fine

Jacket Condition

Very Good

Quantity Available

1

Edition

1st Edition

Publisher

Twayne Publishers

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Date Published

1972

Size

8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾

Weight

0.00 lbs

Keywords

E.W. Howe, Edgar Watson Howe, determinism, American Naturalistic novel, psychological portraiture, Oedipus complex, affective psychosis, pre-Freudian, vignettes, The Sage of Potato Hill, radical right,

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