04466nam 2200769 a 450 991083093590332120230320162428.01-78268-669-X0-470-69131-X1-282-12276-297866121227671-280-93256-297866109325661-4051-7745-40-470-69203-01-4051-8201-6(CKB)1000000000341839(EBL)306534(OCoLC)476085263(SSID)ssj0000099416(PQKBManifestationID)11122536(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099416(PQKBWorkID)10016446(PQKB)10387441(MiAaPQ)EBC306534(MiAaPQ)EBC5120599(Au-PeEL)EBL5120599(CaONFJC)MIL212276(EXLCZ)99100000000034183920061103d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdventures in realism[electronic resource] /edited by Matthew BeaumontMalden, MA ;Oxford Blackwell Pub.20071 online resource (302 p.)Concise Companions to Literature and CultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-4051-3577-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Adventures in Realism; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Reclaiming Realism; Chapter 1 Literary Realism Reconsidered: ""The world in its length and breadth""; Chapter 2 Realist Synthesis in the Nineteenth-Century Novel: ""That unity which lies in the selection of our keenest consciousness""; Chapter 3 Space, Mobility, and the Novel: ""The spirit of place is a great reality""; Chapter 4 Naturalism: ""Dirt and horror pure and simple""Chapter 5 Realism before and after Photography: ""The fantastical form of a relation among things""Chapter 6 The Realist Aesthetic in Painting: ""Serious and committed, ironic and brutal, sincere and full of poetry""; Chapter 7 Interrupted Dialogues of Realism and Modernism: ""The fact of new forms of life, already born and active""; Chapter 8 Socialist Realism: ""To depict reality in its revolutionary development""; Chapter 9 Realism, Modernism, and Photography: ""At last, at last the mask has been torn away""; Chapter 10 Cinematic Realism: ""A recreation of the world in its own image""Chapter 11 The Current of Critical Irrealism: ""A moonlit enchanted night""Chapter 12 Psychoanalysis and the Lacanian Real: ""Strange shapes of the unwarped primal world""; Chapter 13 Feminist Theory and the Return of the Real: ""What we really want most out of realism . . .""; Chapter 14 Realism and Anti-Realism in Contemporary Philosophy: ""What's truth got to do with it?""; Chapter 15 A Note on Literary Realism in Conclusion; IndexAdventures in Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though focused on literature and literary theory, the significance of technology and the visual arts is also addressed. Comprises 16 newly-commissioned essays written by a distinguished group of contributors, including Slavoj Zizek and Frederic Jameson Provides the historical, cultural, intellectual, and literary contexts necessary to understand developments in realism Addresses the artistic mediums and technologies such as painting and film that hConcise Companions to Literature and CultureEnglish literature19th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish literature20th centuryHistory and criticismArt and literatureGreat BritainHistory19th centuryVisual perception in literatureRealism in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.Art and literatureHistoryVisual perception in literature.Realism in literature.809.912820.9/12Beaumont Matthew1972-976088MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830935903321Adventures in realism2877087UNINA