04469nam 22008052 450 991078156880332120160223095234.01-107-22631-71-139-15253-X1-283-34098-497866133409861-139-15995-X1-139-02167-21-139-16095-81-139-15890-21-139-15539-31-139-15714-0(CKB)2550000000065838(EBL)807180(OCoLC)773034854(SSID)ssj0000554460(PQKBManifestationID)11330154(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000554460(PQKBWorkID)10514358(PQKB)11190500(UkCbUP)CR9781139021678(MiAaPQ)EBC807180(Au-PeEL)EBL807180(CaPaEBR)ebr10514155(CaONFJC)MIL334098(EXLCZ)99255000000006583820110217d2011|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Cambridge introduction to American literary realism /Phillip J. Barrish[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2011.1 online resource (xii, 225 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge introductions to literatureTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-05010-3 0-521-89769-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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, economic change, 'masculinity' -- 8. 'Certain facts of life': realism and feminism -- 9. 'The unjust spirit of caste': realism and race -- 10. New Americans write realism -- Conclusion: realisms after 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 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.Cambridge introductions to literature.American fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismLiterature and societyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryLiterature and societyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryRealism in literaturePopular literatureUnited StatesHistory and criticismNational characteristics, American, in literatureAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.American fictionHistory and criticism.Literature and societyHistoryLiterature and societyHistoryRealism in literature.Popular literatureHistory and criticism.National characteristics, American, in literature.810.9/1209034Barrish Phillip595298UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910781568803321The Cambridge introduction to American literary realism3828770UNINA