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'Realism' is a term which is key to understanding, amongst other things: the novel genre, Victorian literature, modernism, and postmodernism. This study recognises that realism is every bit as complex as other modes of representation and requires a similar level of critique.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Nineteenth-Century Realist Novel: Two Principles
2. The Nineteenth-Century Realist Novel: Particulars
3. Problems in Defining the Realist Novel
4. The Idea of Poetry
5. Realist Drama
6. Modernism
7. Before, During, and After Postmodernism
Interlude
8. Theorists of Realism
9. The Language of Realism
10. Philosophy, Science, and the Ends of Realism
Index

Beginning Realism

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/2012
      ISBN13: 9780719072208, 978-0719072208
      ISBN10: 719072204

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      'Realism' is a term which is key to understanding, amongst other things: the novel genre, Victorian literature, modernism, and postmodernism. This study recognises that realism is every bit as complex as other modes of representation and requires a similar level of critique.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. The Nineteenth-Century Realist Novel: Two Principles
      2. The Nineteenth-Century Realist Novel: Particulars
      3. Problems in Defining the Realist Novel
      4. The Idea of Poetry
      5. Realist Drama
      6. Modernism
      7. Before, During, and After Postmodernism
      Interlude
      8. Theorists of Realism
      9. The Language of Realism
      10. Philosophy, Science, and the Ends of Realism
      Index

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