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Concise Companion Realism Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Beaumont (Author)
ISBN: 1444332074     ISBN-13: 9781444332070
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
OUR PRICE:   $54.10  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: April 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 820.912
LCCN: 2009038960
Series: Blackwell Concise Companions to Literature and Culture (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.01 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:
A Concise Companion to Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though focused on literature and literary theory, the significance of technology and the visual arts is also addressed.
  • Comprises 17 newly-commissioned essays written by a distinguished group of contributors, including Slavoj Zizek, Frederic Jameson and Terry Eagleton
  • Provides the historical, cultural, intellectual, and literary contexts necessary to understand developments in realism
  • Addresses the artistic mediums and technologies such as painting and film that have helped shape the way we perceive reality
  • Explores literary and pictorial sub-genres, such as naturalism and socialist realism
  • Includes a brief bibliography and suggestions for further reading at the end of each section