LEADER 04689nam 2200877 a 450 001 9911020272803321 005 20230320162428.0 010 $a9786612122767 010 $a9786610932566 010 $a9781782686699 010 $a178268669X 010 $a9780470691311 010 $a047069131X 010 $a9781282122765 010 $a1282122762 010 $a9781280932564 010 $a1280932562 010 $a9781405177450 010 $a1405177454 010 $a9780470692035 010 $a0470692030 010 $a9781405182010 010 $a1405182016 035 $a(CKB)1000000000341839 035 $a(EBL)306534 035 $a(OCoLC)476085263 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000099416 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11122536 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099416 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10016446 035 $a(PQKB)10387441 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC306534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5120599 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5120599 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL212276 035 $a(Perlego)2751121 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000341839 100 $a20061103d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAdventures in realism /$fedited by Matthew Beaumont 210 $aMalden, MA ;$aOxford $cBlackwell Pub.$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 225 1 $aConcise Companions to Literature and Culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781405135771 311 08$a1405135778 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAdventures 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"" 327 $aChapter 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"" 327 $aChapter 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; Index 330 $aAdventures in Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though focused on literature and literary theory, the significance of technology and the visual arts is also addressed. Comprises 16 newly-commissioned essays written by a distinguished group of contributors, including Slavoj Zizek and Frederic Jameson Provides the historical, cultural, intellectual, and literary contexts necessary to understand developments in realism Addresses the artistic mediums and technologies such as painting and film that h 410 0$aConcise Companions to Literature and Culture 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aArt and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aVisual perception in literature 606 $aRealism in literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aArt and literature$xHistory 615 0$aVisual perception in literature. 615 0$aRealism in literature. 676 $a809.912 676 $a820.9/12 701 $aBeaumont$b Matthew$f1972-$0976088 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911020272803321 996 $aAdventures in realism$92877087 997 $aUNINA