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The Problem of American Realism : Studies in the Cultural History of a Literary Idea
The Problem of American Realism Studies in the Cultural History of a Literary Idea
Author: Michael Davitt Bell
Ever since William 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 these terms played in the social and literary discourse of the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226042022
ISBN-10: 0226042022
Publication Date: 1/1/1996
Pages: 256
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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