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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
of his plays had situations that were actor-proof and sure to get across on the emotional force of the moment. But his social and economic knowledge was incomplete. One feels this in contrasting his Daughters of men (19 November, 1906) with George Bernard Shaw's Widowers' houses. The fact is, Klein had no political vision, though none of his contemporaries could be more earnest in the handling of social materials. The third degree (1 February, 1909), The Gamblers (31 October, 1901), Maggie Pepper (31 August, 1911), are obviously built for effect; they have no organic growth. The truth is, Klein's solutions for the ills-of-America condition were all sentimental. He was much nearer his natural psychology in writing The music master (26 September, 1904) than in determining the outcome of social and economic problems. In 1900 melodrama had a grip on the interest of the American middle class; it was the beau ideal of entertainment for the working people. Its violence accentuated
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
Hugh, 351, 433 McFarlane, Robert, 437 McGehee, Micajah, 147 McGilvary, 247 n. McGlashan, C. F., 146 McHugh, Augustin, 295 McIntosh, 261 n. McKelway, 327 McKim, J. M., 488 McKinley, 363 McLoughlin, John, 140 McLoughlin and Old Oregon, 140 Maclurc, Wm., 436 McTeague, 93 McVickar, John, 433 Madame Butterfly, 281, 282 Madison, James, 227, 396, 453 Madrid, M., 593 Madrigals and catches, 52 Maeterlinck, 50, 285 Maggie a girl of the streets, 92 Maggie Pepper, 287 Magnalia Christi Americana, 73, 392 Mahaffy, 239, 466 Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 194, 196-7, 200, 229 Mahn, C. A. F., 477 Mahoney, D. A., 349 Mai Kamashmalon, 602 Mail and express, 44 Major, Charles, 91, 288 Major Barbara, 294 Making of an American, the, 420 Mallarme, 50 Malory, 6, 17, 18 Malthus, 428, 431 Malthusianism and capitalism, 601 Man, the, 437 Man and nature, 473 Manatt, Irving, 468 Man from home, the, 288 Manly, William Lewis,