Divorce and the American Divorce Novel, 1858-1937 : A Study of Literary Reflections of Social Influences

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Table of Contents INTRODUCTION: A PROBLEM IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF LITERATURE CHAPTER I. DIVORCE LEGISLATION AND TRENDS CHAPTER II. PUBLIC ATTITUDES ON DIVORCE CHAPTER III. EARLY DIVORCE NOVELS, 1858-1887 CHAPTER IV. DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIVORCE NOVEL, 1894-1928 CHAPTER V. DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIVORCE NOVEL, 1928 - 1937 CHAPTER VI . SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS NOTE ON METHOD BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES