The Cambridge introduction to American literary realism [electronic resource] / Phillip J. Barrish.
2011
PS374.R32 B37 2011eb
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The Cambridge introduction to American literary realism [electronic resource] / Phillip J. Barrish.
Author
Barrish, Phillip.
ISBN
9781139160957 (electronic bk.)
1139160958 (electronic bk.)
9780521897693
0521897696
9780521050104
0521050103
9781139158909 (electronic bk.)
1139158902 (electronic bk.)
1139160958 (electronic bk.)
9780521897693
0521897696
9780521050104
0521050103
9781139158909 (electronic bk.)
1139158902 (electronic bk.)
Imprint
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 225 p.) : ill.
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9786613340986
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PS374.R32 B37 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
810.9/1209034
Summary
"Between the Civil War and the First World War, realism was the most prominent form of American fiction. Realist writers of the period include some of America's greatest, such as Henry James, Edith Wharton and Mark Twain, but also many lesser-known writers whose work still speaks to us today, for instance Charles Chesnutt, Zitkala-Ša and Sarah Orne Jewett. Emphasizing realism's historical context, this introduction traces the genre's relationship with powerful, often violent, social conflicts involving race, gender, class and national origin. It also examines how the realist style was created; the necessarily ambiguous relationship between realism produced on the page and reality outside the book; and the different, often contradictory, forms 'realism' took in literary works by different authors. The most accessible yet sophisticated account of American literary realism currently available, this volume will be of great value to students, teachers and readers of the American novel"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-215) and index.
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Cambridge introductions to literature.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: American literary realism
1. Literary precursors, literary contexts
2. The 'look of agony' and everyday middle-class life: three transitional works
3. Creating the 'odor' of the real: techniques of realism
4. Conflicting manners: high realism and social competition
5. 'Democracy in literature'? Literary regionalism
6. 'The blab of the pave': realism and the city
7. Crisis of agency: literary naturalism, economic change, 'masculinity'
8. 'Certain facts of life': realism and feminism
9. 'The unjust spirit of caste': realism and race
10. New Americans write realism
Conclusion: realisms after realism.
1. Literary precursors, literary contexts
2. The 'look of agony' and everyday middle-class life: three transitional works
3. Creating the 'odor' of the real: techniques of realism
4. Conflicting manners: high realism and social competition
5. 'Democracy in literature'? Literary regionalism
6. 'The blab of the pave': realism and the city
7. Crisis of agency: literary naturalism, economic change, 'masculinity'
8. 'Certain facts of life': realism and feminism
9. 'The unjust spirit of caste': realism and race
10. New Americans write realism
Conclusion: realisms after realism.