Description
| Product ID: | 9780415229395 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The New Critical Idiom |
| Title: | Realism |
| Authors: | Author: Pam Morris |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Literary theory, Literary theory, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: general, English, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A clear, reader-friendly guide to debates around realism, this guide is vital reading for students of literature, in particular those working on the realist novel. Coming to prominence with the nineteenth-century novel, literary realism has most often been associated with the insistence that art cannot turn away from the more sordid and harsh aspects of human existence. However, because realism is unavoidably tied up with the gnarly concept of ''reality'' and ''the real'', it has been one of the most widely debated terms in the New Critical Idiom series. This volume offers a clear, reader-friendly guide to debates around realism, examining: *ideas of realism in nineteenth-century French and British fiction *the twentieth-century formalist reaction against literature''s status as ''truth'' *realism as a democratic tool, or utopian form. This volume is vital reading for any student of literature, in particular those working on the realist novel. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-07-10 |