{"product_id":"the-problem-of-american-realism-studies-in-the-cultural-history-of-a-literary-idea-morality-and-society-hardcover-9780226042015","title":"The Problem of American Realism Studies in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 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 the terms played in the social and literary discourse of the 1880s and 1890s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction: American Realism Pt. 1: The First Generation: William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James 1: The Sin of Art: William Dean Howells The Problem of Howellsian Realism The Road to Realism A Portrait of the Artist as a \"Real\" Man The Problem of American Realism 2: Humor, Sentiment, Realism: Mark Twain Mark Twain as Critic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 3: Artist Fables: Henry James's Realist Phase A Different Road\/A Different Realism Realism and Reform Naturalism, Impressionism, Revolution Pt. 2: The Problem of Naturalism: Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser 4: The Revolt against Style: Frank Norris The Road to Naturalism Naturalism and Style 5: Irony, Parody, and \"Transcendental Realism\": Stephen Crane  The Language of the Street Words of War 6: Fine Styles of Sympathy; Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie Dreiser and American Naturalism Condescension and Identification Pt. 3: A \"Woman's Place\" in American Realism: Sarah Orne Jewett 7: Local Color and Realism: Sarah Orne Jewett Jewett's Place in American Realism Maine Person and Boston Professional Realism, Feminism, and the World of Dunnet Landing Notes Index","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036471165271,"sku":"9780226042015","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226042015.jpg?v=1750932161","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-problem-of-american-realism-studies-in-the-cultural-history-of-a-literary-idea-morality-and-society-hardcover-9780226042015","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}