Fighting words : polemics and social change in literary naturalism /

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This book offers a new understanding of what literary naturalism is and why it matters. The author, countering the standard narrative of literary naturalism's much-touted concern with environmental and philosophical determinism, draws attention to the polemical essence of the genre and demonstr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wells, Ira, 1981-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2013]
Colección:Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
Temas:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Naturalism in literature.
Social problems in literature.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Naturalisme dans la littérature.
Problèmes sociaux dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Naturalism in literature
Social problems in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Naturalism : a polemical introduction
  • An education
  • The polemical nature of naturalism in America
  • Against the grain : ecology, environmentalism, and Frank Norris's The octopus
  • Crimes of art and nature : an American tragedy and the problem of abortion
  • "What I killed for, I am" : domestic terror in Richard Wright's America
  • Epilogue.

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