LEADER 04469nam 22008052 450 001 9910825981503321 005 20160223095234.0 010 $a1-107-22631-7 010 $a1-139-15253-X 010 $a1-283-34098-4 010 $a9786613340986 010 $a1-139-15995-X 010 $a1-139-02167-2 010 $a1-139-16095-8 010 $a1-139-15890-2 010 $a1-139-15539-3 010 $a1-139-15714-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000065838 035 $a(EBL)807180 035 $a(OCoLC)773034854 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000554460 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11330154 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000554460 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10514358 035 $a(PQKB)11190500 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139021678 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC807180 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL807180 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10514155 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL334098 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000065838 100 $a20110217d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Cambridge introduction to American literary realism /$fPhillip J. Barrish$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 225 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge introductions to literature 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-05010-3 311 $a0-521-89769-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aBetween the Civil War and the First World War, realism was the most prominent form of American fiction. Realist writers of the period include some of America's greatest, such as Henry James, Edith Wharton and Mark Twain, but also many lesser-known writers whose work still speaks to us today, for instance Charles Chesnutt, Zitkala-S?a and Sarah Orne Jewett. Emphasizing realism's historical context, this introduction traces the genre's relationship with powerful, often violent, social conflicts involving race, gender, class and national origin. It also examines how the realist style was created; the necessarily ambiguous relationship between realism produced on the page and reality outside the book; and the different, often contradictory, forms 'realism' took in literary works by different authors. The most accessible yet sophisticated account of American literary realism currently available, this volume will be of great value to students, teachers and readers of the American novel. 410 0$aCambridge introductions to literature. 606 $aAmerican fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRealism in literature 606 $aPopular literature$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aRealism in literature. 615 0$aPopular literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNational characteristics, American, in literature. 676 $a810.9/1209034 700 $aBarrish$b Phillip$0595298 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825981503321 996 $aThe Cambridge introduction to American literary realism$93983848 997 $aUNINA