Michael Davitt Bell

Michael Davitt Bell was, at the time of his death in 1997, the J. Leland Miller Professor of American History, Literature, and Eloquence at Williams College. His books include The Problem of American Realism: Studies in the Cultural History of a Literary Idea and The Development of American Romance , both published by the University of Chicago Press, as well as Hawthorne and the Historical Romance of New England .

Michael Davitt Bell was, at the time of his death in 1997, the J. Leland Miller Professor of American History, Literature, and Eloquence at Williams College. His books include The Problem of American Realism: Studies in the Cultural History of a Literary Idea and The Development of American Romance , both published by the University of Chicago Press, as well as Hawthorne and the Historical Romance of New England . See less