Downwardly mobile : the changing fortunes of American realism / [electronic resource] Andrew Lawson. Lawson, Andrew, 1959 July 4- Realism in literature. American fiction 19th century History and criticism. American fiction 20th century History and criticism. Economics in literature. Financial crises in literature. Social mobility in literature. Social classes in literature. PS374.R37 L39 2012 813.30912 23 Includes bibliographical references. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 15, 2012). This title explores the links between a growing sense of economic precariousness within the American middle class and the development of literary realism over the course of the nineteenth century, as it examines works by Rebecca Harding Davis, William Dean Howells, Henry James, Hamlin Garland, and others. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199828050.001.0001 eng United States Economic conditions 19th century.