The Cambridge Introduction to American Literary Realism

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
Cover of the book The Cambridge Introduction to American Literary Realism by Professor Phillip J. Barrish, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Professor Phillip J. Barrish ISBN: 9781139152532
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: October 6, 2011
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Professor Phillip J. Barrish
ISBN: 9781139152532
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: October 6, 2011
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book States and Social Revolutions by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book Proportionality and Judicial Activism by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book Engaging with Social Work by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book Crafting Courts in New Democracies by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book The Landscape of Pastoral Care in 13th-Century England by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book Never at Rest by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book Physical Perspectives on Computation, Computational Perspectives on Physics by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book Legal Personality in International Law by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book Europe as the Would-be World Power by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book Gas Turbine Emissions by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book The Roman Forum by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book Einstein's Opponents by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
Cover of the book Homer: Iliad Book XVIII by Professor Phillip J. Barrish
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy