Realism's empire : empiricism and enchantment in the nineteenth-century novel /

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"If realist novels are the literary avatars of secular science and rational progress, then why are so many canonical realist works organized around a fear of that progress? Realism is openly indebted, at the level of form and content, to imperialist and scientific advances. However, critical em...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baker, Geoffrey, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2009]
Temas:
Balzac, Honoré de, > 1799-1850 > Criticism and interpretation.
Trollope, Anthony, > 1815-1882 > Criticism and interpretation.
Fontane, Theodor, > 1819-1898 > Criticism and interpretation.
Balzac, Honore de, > 1799-1850 > Criticism and interpretation.
Balzac, Honoré de, > 1799-1850
Fontane, Theodor, > 1819-1898
Trollope, Anthony, > 1815-1882
Balzac, Honoré de.
Trollope, Anthony.
Fontane, Theodor.
1800-1899
Geschichte 1800-1900.
Realism in literature.
Empiricism in literature.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
French literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
German literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Littérature allemande > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature française > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Réalisme dans la littérature.
Empirisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Empiricism in literature
English literature
French literature
German literature
Realism in literature
Realismus
Roman
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction ; empire and remapping realism
  • Part I. Balzac and the problem of empiricism. Empiricism and empire : La peau de chagrin
  • Marginal realism in Le Père Goriot
  • Realism, romance, and La fille aux yeux d'or
  • Part II. Trollope and the problem of integration. Economies of romance and history in 'Phineas Finn'
  • Mapping and unmapping 'Phineas Finn' and 'Phineas redux'
  • Global London and 'The way we live now'
  • Part III. Fontane and the problem of familiarity. "Berlin wird Weltstadt" : nation, city, and world in 'Cécile'
  • The imaginative geography of 'Effi Briest'
  • Conclusion : the limits of "realism."

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