{"title":"Professor Rafael Walker","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection dedicated to the esteemed author, Professor Rafael Walker. His insightful works delve into the intricacies of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, providing a profound exploration of literature and its evolving nature. Amongst his celebrated works, \u003cem\u003eRealism after the Individual\u003c\/em\u003e stands out as a testament to his expertise in literary criticism and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Walker's scholarship is characterised by a deep commitment to understanding the complex interplay between individual identity and broader societal narratives. Through his compelling prose and comprehensive analyses, readers are invited to re-examine traditional notions of realism and its impact on contemporary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're a student, an academic, or simply a lover of thought-provoking literature, Professor Rafael Walker's books offer a gateway to a deeper comprehension of the artistic world. Explore this collection to engage with themes that challenge and inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"realism-after-the-individual-by-professor-rafael-walker-9780226845067","title":"Realism after the Individual","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA study of the transformation of the realist novel in the hands of early-twentieth-century American writers, who adapted this quintessentially nineteenth-century genre to the conditions of their age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRealism after the Individual\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new theoretical paradigm for understanding realist novels published in the United States between 1900 and 1920, a period that has been described wrongheadedly as a \"gulf\" or a \"valley\" in American literary history. In this generation of writers, only three have remained in favour among critics: Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, and Theodore Dreiser. Others have disappeared from view altogether—writers such as Harold Frederic, Robert Grant, Robert Herrick, David Graham Phillips, and Booth Tarkington, all of whom were critically acclaimed bestsellers in their day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Rafael Walker shows, this generation of writers deserves new attention for the way they revised many core facets of the nineteenth-century novel in response to the historical shifts around it. This generation of novelists not only rejected liberal individualism but also formulated alternative paradigms for conceptualising selfhood. The result was a slew of woman-centered realist novels that broke with literary precedent: The novels punish characters not for desiring too much but for failing to desire enough, they depict subjectivity not as private and interior but as outward-facing, and they view closure not as the novel's aim but as a convention to flout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRealism after the Individual\u003c\/em\u003e both revises prevailing views of American realism and lays the foundation for an alternative account of the development of literary modernism, one that illuminates the continuity between realism and the modernism that followed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031815766252,"sku":"9780226845067","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20678953482268.jpg?v=1764149620"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/professor-rafael-walker.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}