Focusing on key works of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century American literary realism, Phillip Barrish traces the emergence of new ways of gaining intellectual prestige - that is, new ways of gaining some degree of cultural recognition. Through extended readings of works by Henry James, William Dean Howells, Abraham Cahan, and Edith Wharton, Barrish emphasizes the differences between realist modes of cultural authority and those associated with the rise of the social sciences, and examines the impact of realism as a genre on the aesthetic, the self, masculinity and narrative more generally. Barrish also argues that, understanding the dynamics of intellectual status in realist literature also provides new analytic purchase on intellectual prestige in recent critical theory from such figures as Lionel Trilling, Paul de Man, John Guillory, and Judith Butler. This book is the first extended treatment of a genre, realism, central to our understanding of American literature.
Table of contents:
Introduction; 1. William Dean Howells and the roots of realist taste; 2. The 'facts of physical suffeering'; 3. The 'genuine article'; 4. What Nona knows; 5. From reality, to materiality, to the real (and back again).
Focusing on key works of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century American literary realism, Barrish traces the emergence of new ways of gaining intellectual prestige and some degree of cultural recognition. This book is the first extended treatment of a genre, realism, central to our understanding of American literature.
Examines realism as a genre in major nineteenth and twentieth-century American writers and critical theory.
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Table of contents:
Introduction; 1. William Dean Howells and the roots of realist taste; 2. The 'facts of physical suffeering'; 3. The 'genuine article'; 4. What Nona knows; 5. From reality, to materiality, to the real (and back again).
Focusing on key works of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century American literary realism, Barrish traces the emergence of new ways of gaining intellectual prestige and some degree of cultural recognition. This book is the first extended treatment of a genre, realism, central to our understanding of American literature.
Examines realism as a genre in major nineteenth and twentieth-century American writers and critical theory.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.