Form and History in American Literary Naturalism

by June Howard

Book Overview

Examining the novels of Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, and other writers, June Howard presents a study of American literary naturalism as a genre. Naturalism, she states, is a way of imagining the world and the relation of the self to the world, a way of making sense -- and making narrative -- out of the comforts and discomforts of its historical moment.

Howard believes that naturalism accomodates the sense of perilousness, uncertainty,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807865478
• ISBN13: 9780807865477
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"