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Author Hill, Christopher L., 1964- author.

Title Figures of the world : the naturalist novel and transnational form / Christopher Laing Hill.

Publication Info. Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Contents Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Preface -- 1. Literary Travels and Literary Transformation -- Literatures in the World -- Naturalist Circuits -- Contexts -- The Structure of the Transnational Field -- 2. The Degenerate Body -- The Genealogy of the Naturalist Body -- Nerves and Cracks -- The Story of the Leg -- Translating Gervaise -- Jaws and Fists, the Chin and That Hair -- The Civilized Nerve -- The Transformation of Mimesis -- 3. The Unbound Woman -- Cipher Assembled -- The Birth of the Nana Figure -- Enclosing an Enigma -- Individuality without Content
Formal Transpositions and Minimal Schemas -- 4. Plains, Boats, and Backwaters -- Narratives of Structure -- The Horizons of Struggle -- Germinal's Sprouts -- The View from the Crosstrees -- Living Unevenness -- Social Figures and Social Difference -- Conclusion: Figures in and of the World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "Hill's analysis shows that transnational literary studies must operate on multiple scales, combine distant reading with close analysis, and investigate how literary forms develop on the move"-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Naturalism in literature.
Naturalism in literature.
Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Literature, Modern.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Comparative literature.
Comparative literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: 9780810142145 0810142147 (DLC) 2020003924 (OCoLC)1125130541
ISBN 9780810142169 (electronic book)
0810142163 (electronic book)
9780810142145
0810142147
9780810142152
0810142155