The real thing : reflections on a literary form /
A clear-sighted and entertaining defense of literary realism, and an account of its key practitioners. Realist fiction is one of the most enduring artforms history has ever witnessed. By describing the intricate inner life of its characters or widening its focus to set their experience in context, i...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Yale University Press,
[2024].
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| Summary: | A clear-sighted and entertaining defense of literary realism, and an account of its key practitioners. Realist fiction is one of the most enduring artforms history has ever witnessed. By describing the intricate inner life of its characters or widening its focus to set their experience in context, it can evoke the reader's sympathies as few other forms can. Yet it is also by and large a product of the middle classes, boldly individualist and fascinated by money, property, marriage and inheritance. Can such realism survive in the postmodern age? Acclaimed critic Terry Eagleton explores realism's complex history, practice and politics. Spanning several centuries, and including writers such as George Eliot, D. H. Lawrence and Iris Murdoch, Eagleton offers a witty, entertaining defense of a form which offers both panoramic scope and individual nuance in an increasingly fragmented world. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300274295 0300274297 |