Beginning Realism

by Steven Earnshaw

Book Overview

Realism is an essential concept in literary studies, yet for a variety of reasons it has not received the attention and clarity it deserves, often being dismissed as 'too slippery' to be of use. This accessible study remedies that failing for students and scholars of English Literature and Literary Theory alike, plainly setting out what realism is, the issues surrounding it, and its role in other major literary modes such as modernism and postmodernism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719072212
• ISBN13: 9780719072215
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"