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xvi, 330 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 299-310. |
| Contents |
The emergence of "Realism" -- Precedents: The rise of the novel -- Precedents: Style and truthfulness -- The resistance to realism -- The city of democracy -- Material success, moral topic -- The condition of America question -- "The way we live now" -- Nostalgia and prophecy -- Alternatives, escapes -- New subjects , new opportunities -- The prestige of intellect: Pragmatism, experiment, science -- Freedom -- William Dean Howells -- Mark Twain -- Bierce, Hearn, Cable, Kate Chopin -- Regionalism, local-color realism -- Henry James -- Humorists and moralists: The heirs of Howells and James -- Sociology and anthropololgy: William Graham Sumner -- Thorstein Veblen -- William James -- Peirce, Royce, Dewey, Santayana -- John Friske, Henry Brewster -- History and some historians -- Brooks Adams, Henry Adams -- The critique of society: prophecies and field reports -- Literary criticism -- Frank Norris, Stephen Crane -- Theodore Dreiser -- Jack London, Gertrude Strein -- Ellen Gaslow, Willa Cather -- The "New" poetry: Robinson and Frost -- The "New" poetry: Sandburg, Lindsay, Masters |
| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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Realism in literature.
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Realism in literature. |
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