Realism, Naturalism, and American Public Libraries, 1880-1914

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
2015
Contributors Author: Charles Johanningsmeier
Journal
American Literary Realism
Volume
48
Issue
1
Pagination
1-24
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Surveyed the holdings of 178 public libraries to see how they handled works of realist and naturalist fiction including those that challenged traditional notions of race and gender. Explores which works and authors public libraries made available and which they did not.