Ever since William Dean Howells declared his "realism war" in the 1880s, literary historians have regarded the rise of realism and naturalism as the signal development in post-Civil War American fiction. Questioning this generalization, Michael Davitt Bell investigates the role that these terms played in the social and literary discourse of the 1880s and 1890s. He argues that "realism" and "naturalism" were ideological categories used to promote a version of "reality" based on radically anti-"literary" and heavily gendered ...
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Ever since William Dean Howells declared his "realism war" in the 1880s, literary historians have regarded the rise of realism and naturalism as the signal development in post-Civil War American fiction. Questioning this generalization, Michael Davitt Bell investigates the role that these terms played in the social and literary discourse of the 1880s and 1890s. He argues that "realism" and "naturalism" were ideological categories used to promote a version of "reality" based on radically anti-"literary" and heavily gendered assumptions. In chapters on William Dean Howells, Frank Norris, Mark Twain, Henry James, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, and Sarah Orne Jewett, Bell examines the effects that ideas about realism and naturalism had on writers. He demonstrates that, for many of them, claiming to be a realist or a naturalist was a way to provide assurance that one was a "real" man rather than an "effeminate" artist.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Book appears NEW! Dust jacket has minor shelf wear but excellent condition for its age. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 256 p. Morality and Society. Audience: General/trade.
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Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. BOX # ALI1107A. (Media mail takes 5-14 days) Special note(Used book)This book is in Very Good Condition. CDs is (not included): I check each pages. This book has Approximate(0)pages contains Notes or Answers, Highlight, Under-lines. This Soft cover book stem bidding, front/back: is (wrinkle, creases, and damaged). All(Ex library s Book contains marker s mark, library s logo and Jacket cover cutting ). Jacket cover is ( N/A)Return it, If its not in better condition I described it.
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Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Book is in very good shape but has some underlining and highlighting. Cover show some corner, edge & scuffing wear. Pages are tight with a couple creased corners and foxing to the top outside edge.
