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The Real Thing
Reflections on a Literary Form
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A clear-sighted and entertaining defence of literary realism, and an account of its key practitioners Realist fiction is one of the most enduring art forms history has ever witnessed. By describing the intricate inner life of its characters, or widening its focus to set their experience...
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A clear-sighted and entertaining defence of literary realism, and an account of its key practitioners
Realist fiction is one of the most enduring art forms history has ever witnessed. By describing the intricate inner life of its characters, or widening its focus to set their experience in context, it can evoke the reader's sympathies as few other forms can. Yet it is also, by and large, a product of the middle classes: boldly individualist and fascinated by money, property, marriage, and inheritance.
Can such realism survive in the postmodern age?
Acclaimed critic Terry Eagleton explores realism's complex history, practice, and politics. Spanning several centuries, and including writers such as George Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, and Iris Murdoch, Eagleton offers a witty, entertaining defence of a form that provides both panoramic scope and individual nuance in an increasingly fragmented world.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780300274295
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 23 January 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Illustration: 0
Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Width: 140.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 176
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About the Author
Terry Eagleton is distinguished visiting professor of English literature at Lancaster University and the author of more than fifty books in the fields of literary theory, postmodernism, politics, ideology, and religion.
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