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Series editor's preface; 1. Introduction Donald E. Pease; 2. Helplesslonging, or, the lesson of Silas Lapham Paul A. Bove; 3. The hold inHowells/The lapse in Silas Lapham John Seelye; 4. The economy of pain:capitalism, humanitarianism and the realistic novel Wai-Chee Dimock; 5.Smiling through pain: the practice of self in The Rise of Silas Lapham DanielT. O'Hara; 6. The Rise of Silas Lapham: the business of morals and mannersJames M. Cox; Notes on contributors; Selected bibliography.