Figures of the world the naturalist novel and transnational form Hill, Christopher L. 1964- creator author. JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ilu 2020 monographic eng remote 1 online resource "Hill's analysis shows that transnational literary studies must operate on multiple scales, combine distant reading with close analysis, and investigate how literary forms develop on the move"-- Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Preface -- 1. Literary Travels and Literary Transformation -- Literatures in the World -- Naturalist Circuits -- Contexts -- The Structure of the Transnational Field -- 2. The Degenerate Body -- The Genealogy of the Naturalist Body -- Nerves and Cracks -- The Story of the Leg -- Translating Gervaise -- Jaws and Fists, the Chin and That Hair -- The Civilized Nerve -- The Transformation of Mimesis -- 3. The Unbound Woman -- Cipher Assembled -- The Birth of the Nana Figure -- Enclosing an Enigma -- Individuality without Content Formal Transpositions and Minimal Schemas -- 4. Plains, Boats, and Backwaters -- Narratives of Structure -- The Horizons of Struggle -- Germinal's Sprouts -- The View from the Crosstrees -- Living Unevenness -- Social Figures and Social Difference -- Conclusion: Figures in and of the World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Christopher Laing Hill. Naturalism in literature Literature, Modern 19th century History and criticism Literature, Modern 20th century History and criticism Comparative literature Naturalisme dans la littérature Littérature 19e siècle Histoire et critique Littérature 20e siècle Histoire et critique LITERARY CRITICISM General Comparative literature Literature, Modern Naturalism in literature 1800-1999 fast PN601 809.3912 (DLC) 2020003924 (OCoLC)1125130541 FlashPoints (Evanston, Ill.) 9780810142169 0810142163 9780810142145 0810142147 9780810142152 0810142155 22573/ctv1257fvr JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv125jsr2 YDX 200607 20230103223419.2 in00004635201 eng