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Representing Realists in Victorian Literature and Criticism
Daniel Brown
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Description for Representing Realists in Victorian Literature and Criticism
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
This book is about the historical moment when writers and critics first used the term realism to describe representation in literature and painting. While scholarship on realism tends to proceed from an assumption that the term has a long-established meaning and history, this book reveals that mid-nineteenth-century critics and writers first used the term reluctantly, with much confusion over what it might actually mean. It did not acquire the ready meaning we now take for granted until the end of the nineteenth century. In fact, its first definitions came primarily by way of example and analogy, through descriptions ... Read more
This book is about the historical moment when writers and critics first used the term realism to describe representation in literature and painting. While scholarship on realism tends to proceed from an assumption that the term has a long-established meaning and history, this book reveals that mid-nineteenth-century critics and writers first used the term reluctantly, with much confusion over what it might actually mean. It did not acquire the ready meaning we now take for granted until the end of the nineteenth century. In fact, its first definitions came primarily by way of example and analogy, through descriptions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319406787
SKU
V9783319406787
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About Daniel Brown
Daniel Brown earned his Ph.D. in English, with a specialization in British Victorian literature, from the University of Florida, USA in 2012. His research interests include realism and the relationships between verbal and visual representation. He has published articles on Elizabeth Barrett Browning, sensation fiction, and Paul Gauguin.
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