Nineteenth-Century Literary Realism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521496063)

Nineteenth-Century Literary Realism radically redefines the genre of realism, arguing that its political commitment to social reform--its earnest agenda--often enters into conflict with its formal demands. Obliged to portray life as truthfully as possible--often through the vehicle of describing tortured souls in a world out of sorts--realism must also satisfy ideological demands that may not jibe with that truth, leading to a crisis of form and function. By looking at these conflicts as peculiar to realism, Kearns reads as realist several texts usually considered too fantastic to fit the realist prescription.

Author: Katherine Kearns
ISBN-10: 0521496063
ISBN-13: 9780521496063
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/26/1996
Pages: 322
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.27h x 6.27w x 0.88d