Realism

Name: Realism
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ISBN: 9780415229395

ISBN-10: 0415229391

ISBN-13: 9780415229395

Edition: 2003

Authors: Pam Morris

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Coming to prominence with the nineteenth-century novel, literary realism has most often been associated with the insistence that art cannot turn away from the more sordid and harsh aspects of human existence. However, because realism is unavoidably tied up with the gnarly concept of 'reality' and 'the real', it has been one of the most widely debated terms in the New Critical Idiom series. This volume offers a clear, reader-friendly guide to debates around realism, examining: *ideas of realism in nineteenth-century French and British fiction *the twentieth-century formalist reaction against literature's status as 'truth' *realism as a democratic tool, or utopian form. This volume is…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/8/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.83" wide x 7.83" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Series Editor's Preface


Acknowledgements


Introduction: What Is Realism?



Realism and Modernism



Realism, Anti-realism and Postmodernism



Literary Realism in Nineteenth-Century France



Literary Realism in Nineteenth-Century Britain



Reality Effects



The Reader Effect



Realism and the Crisis of Knowledge



Realism and other Possible Worlds


Glossary


Suggestions for Further Reading


Bibliography


Index