Realist Fiction and the Strolling Spectator - Couverture rigide

Rignall, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415063833 ISBN 13 : 9780415063838

Editeur : Routledge, 1992

Synopsis

In response to post-structuralist criticism of the classic realist text as an unsophisticated, reactionary form, John Rignall makes the most powerful case yet for the rehabilitation of realism as a self-aware and reflexive genre. Using the novels of Scott, Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, James, Ford, and Conrad, Rignall argues for a new understanding of realism through the recurrent figure of the "flaneur" . The (usually male) "flaneur" was the strolling spectator whose problematic vision both of and in the novel makes him the representative figure of the realist novel. His act of looking implicitly questions the seemingly sovereign gaze and apparent epistemological premises of the realist writer. "Realist Fiction and the Strolling Spectator" presents a major re-evaluation of realist texts that should be of interest to students and scholars alike.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The classic realist text has long been derided by post-structuralist critics as an unsophisticated and reactionary form. In this study, first published 1992, John Rignall makes a powerful case for the rehabilitation of realism as a self-aware and reflexive genre. Using the novels of Scott, Balzac, Dickens, George Eliot, Flaubert, James, Ford and Conrad, Rignall argues for an understanding of realism through the recurrent figure of the flâneur. The flâneur is the strolling spectator whose problematic vision both of and in the novel makes him the representative figure of the realist text. A significant contribution to the field, this title will be of particular view to students of realism, literary theory, and comparative literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415063833
• ISBN 13: 9780415063838
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible