Biography Of William Dean Howells

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William Dean Howells was an advocate in writing of realism; William Dean believed that art literary should reflected in a way that reality of the common man and demonst our the truth of everyday issues currently in the world. William Dean believed in writing truthful and William accepted the small little at head value. William Dean practiced this beliefly writing on his own, and called his story “Editha” which was a good example of this of the ironic tragedy. William Dean Howells showed of war in nature and truth. William Dean uses a combination of irony, the pathos appeal to create almost parade of reality war, and many characters, irony. In final analysis, Howells highlighting in his successful in consequences of war and inspiring the question

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