The American novel to-day : $b A social and psychological studyMichaud, Régis
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The American novel to-day : $b A social and psychological study
Michaud, Régis
American fiction -- History and criticism; Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism; Social problems in literature
Inhibition, the danger in, vii, 280;
the tortures of, described, 191;
the problem of sexual, 191;
effects caused by, prevalent among Puritan writers of New England,
223;
in novels of Willa Cather, 238-248;
in novels of Zona Gale, 249, 250;
in novels of Floyd Dell, 254.
Inness, George, 18.
Instinct, as opposed to the social code, 124-127, 130, 136.
Intelligence test, the, 25.
Irene Olenska, in “The Age of Innocence,” 57.
Irony and humor, 224, 225.
Jaloux, Edmond, 246.
James, Henry, 22;
master of the psychological novel, 4, 47;
needed the European background, 47, 48;
his indictment of America, 48-50;
his first novels, 50;
his women, 50-52;
his novels a contribution to the study of inhibitions, 52;
in æsthetics, 53;
uses _appreciation_, 53;
invented the _monologue intérieur_, 53;
composed from the center outward, 53;
as an artist, 54.
James, William, 4, 17, 149;
his psychological theories, 26, 27, 186;
his attempt to reconcile idealism with utilitarianism, 258.
“Java Head,” 254, 255.
Jazz, 197 _n._
Jeff Durgin, in “The Landlord at Lion’s Head,” 66, 67.
Jennicot, in “The High Place,” 228-230.
“Jennie Gerhardt,” 73, 104, 105.
John Webster, in “Many Marriages,” 192-196.
Joyce, James, 22, 23, 27, 53, 282.
“Jurgen,” 208, 209, 215-220, 223, 224.
Kennaston, in “The Cream of the Jest,” 231-237.
Kennicott, in “Main Street,” 136-144.
“Kora in Hell,” 277 _n._
“Landlord at Lion’s Head, The,” 66, 67.
Lawrence, D. H., 23, 36, 282.
Lewis, Sinclair, 22;
his career, 128;
his “Free Air,” 128;
his “Mantrap,” 128;
his “Our Mr. Wren,” 129, 130;
his works inspired by feeling of conflict between social and
individual ethics, 130;
his “Main Street,” 135-144;
his “Babbitt,” 144-148;
his “Arrowsmith,” 148-150;
as an artist, 149, 150;
his language, 150;
his “Elmer Gantry,” 150-153.
Lily Bart, in “The House of Mirth,” 58, 59.
“Linda Condon,” 254, 255.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 186 _n._
London, Jack, and “the movies,” 4;
his “Martin Eden,” 167;
(mentioned, 110).
“Lost Lady, A,” 239.
Love, as bio-chemistry, 111, 113, 117.
McAlmon, Robert, his career, 262;
his “Village,” 262-269;
his “The Portrait of a Generation,” 269.
“Madonna of the Future, The,” 150.
“Main Street,” 135-144.
Mallarmé, Stephane, 166 _n._
“Mantrap,” 128.
“Many Marriages,” 191-196.
“Marble Faun, The,” paganism in, 34;
the character of Hilda in, 34, 38;
amorality in, 35;
the character of Donatello in, 38;
symbolism, 45, 46.
“Marching Men,” 158, 159, 171-180.
Marks, Percy, his “The Plastic Age,” 270 _n._
Martin, Doctor, psychologist, 28.
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