Nineteenth-Century Literary Realism

by Katherine Kearns

Nineteenth-Century Literary Realism argues for realism as a genre committed to depicting the imperilled ecological system of soul and society. More specifically: realism, Kearns argues, suggests to its readers that social and political and economic reforms are inextricably tied to spiritual well being. In the process of trying to communicate that suggestion, realism enters into a kind of considerate conversation with its readers which - through the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521496063
• ISBN13: 9780521496063
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"