The William Dean Howells Society disseminates information on the life and works of the American author William Dean Howells and facilitates the exchange of facts, ideas, and texts concerning Howells and those authors significantly associated with him. Its activities include lectures, discussions, presentations by panels at scholarly conferences, and the publication of The Howellsian.
 

• Recent Books and Articles on Howells (1994-present) 
• Works on Howells Recommended by HOWELLS-L Members
• Howells's Works on the Web  (updated 1/14/99) 
• Sitesand Information about Howells 
• Howells's Contemporaries on the Web 
• Howells's "Editor's Study" columns 
• American Literature Sites 
• Critical Commentary on Howells from HOWELLS-L 
• Conference Notes 

Membership Directory 

Announcements and Calls for Papers

HOWELLS-L Discussion List. HOWELLS-L, the online forum of the William Dean Howells Society, is dedicated to lively discussion on the life and works of Howells and his contemporaries in realism, naturalism,and local color fiction. It encourages announcements, the exchange of information about scholarship and resources on Howells, and above all conversations about teaching and reading the works of this influential critic and novelist. 

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