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A Concise Companion to Realism
Matthew Beaumont
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Paperback. A Concise Companion to Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though focused on literature and literary theory, the significance of technology and the visual arts is also addressed. Editor(s): Beaumont, Matthew. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
A Concise Companion to Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though focused on literature and literary theory, the significance of technology and the visual arts is also addressed.
A Concise Companion to Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though focused on literature and literary theory, the significance of technology and the visual arts is also addressed.
- Comprises 17 newly-commissioned essays written by a distinguished group of contributors, including Slavoj Zizek, Frederic Jameson and Terry Eagleton
- Provides the historical, cultural, intellectual, and literary contexts necessary to understand developments in realism
- Addresses the artistic mediums and technologies such as painting and film that have helped shape the way we perceive reality
- Explores literary and pictorial sub-genres, such as naturalism and socialist realism
- Includes a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Concise Companions to Literature and Culture
Condition
New
Weight
472g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444332070
SKU
V9781444332070
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About Matthew Beaumont
Matthew Beaumont is Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature in the Department of English at University College, London. He is the author of Utopia Ltd.: Ideologies of Social Dreaming in England 1870-1900 (2005), and has edited Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward for Oxford World’s Classics.
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