William Dean Howells

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Author
playwright
editor
literary critic
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Vermont
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Harper's_Magazine
The Atlantic Monthly
gptkbp:awards Honorary_degree_from_Harvard_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1837-03-01
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Howells
gptkb:Winifred_Howells
Mabel_Howells
gptkbp:deathDate 1920-05-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
gptkbp:famousFor Advocating for realism in literature
Critique of social issues
Promotion_of_American_literature
Realistic_portrayal_of_American_life
gptkbp:genre Literary criticism
Realism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Dean Howells
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald
gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Henry_James
gptkb:Nathaniel_Hawthorne
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:American_literary_realism
Modernist literature
Social criticism in literature
Literary_naturalism
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Rise_of_Silas_Lapham
A Modern Instance
The_Landlord
gptkbp:occupation critic
writer
editor
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Martins_Ferry,_Ohio
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:spouse Elinor Mead
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Flight_of_Pony_Baker
gptkb:The_Rise_of_Silas_Lapham
gptkb:The_Kentons
gptkb:The_Moth_and_the_Candle
The Editor
The Shadow of a Dream
A Hazard of New Fortunes
Criticism and Fiction
My Literary Passions
The Story of a Play
The_Life_of_the_Author
The_Son_of_Royal_Langbrith
The_World_of_Chance