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The Cambridge introduction to American literary realism /
"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 tod...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Cambridge introductions to literature.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 225 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139160957 1139160958 9781139158909 1139158902 9781139021678 1139021672 1283340984 9781283340984 9781139157148 1139157140 1107226317 9781107226319 9786613340986 6613340987 1139155393 9781139155397 |