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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Dean Howells's The Rise of Silas Lapham, one of the many in Howells' movement into strong anti-romantic realism and social criticism. As a novel of the realism movement, The Rise of Silas Lapham began Howells' trend of incorporating Christian Socialism in his writing-a theory that the common welfare could be improved along guidelines of Christian ethical principles. Moreover, Howells is considered to be the father of American realism. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Howells' classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.
