Long-term Treasury prices rose Friday after investors moved into the government-backed securities when a poll's results showed weakening consumer sentiment.Such a sign of future economic malaise could increase the odds that the Federal Reserve will cut rates again at its meeting next week.Prices turned higher...

A key measure of industry sentiment on the U.S. market for new homes fell to its lowest point in more than 16 years, a trade group said Tuesday, as builders struggled with rising inventories of unsold houses across the country.The National Association of Home Builders/Wells...

A reading of U.S. homebuilders' sentiment remained near a record low in January, as gloom engulfed the housing industry.The National Association of Home Builders said Wednesday its housing market index, which gauges builders' perceptions of current conditions, interest from potential buyers and expectations for home...

OPEC's president and oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia stepped back from direct calls to slash output Wednesday, the eve of the group's year-end meeting, in potential good news for consumers worldwide.But some oil ministers stood firm in demanding new cuts to shore up prices. That left...

In the following chapter from Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America (1986), Davidson discusses the popularity of sentimental novels and the social issues upon which they comment—including marriage, sexuality, childbearing, and domesticity.

In the following essay, Davidson argues that some domestic novels ironically subvert typical social constructions of femininity.'

In this essay, Tompkins defends the domestic novel against the common criticism that it portrays a narrow, trivial, and overly idealistic world. Only the footnoted material pertaining to the essay below has been reprinted in the "Notes" section.