Phillip J. Barrish

The Cambridge Introduction to American Literary Realism

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Produktbeschreibung

The most wide-ranging and sophisticated account of American literary realism currently available for students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 357g
• ISBN-13: 9780521050104
• ISBN-10: 0521050103
• Artikelnr.: 33353180

Autorenporträt

Phillip J. Barrish is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas, Austin.

Inhaltsangabe

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, the changing economy, and 'masculinity'
8. 'Certain facts of life': realism and feminism
9. 'The unjust spirit of caste': race and realism
10. New Americans write realism
Conclusion: realisms after realism
Further reading
Index.