Adventures in Realism - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1405135778 ISBN 13 : 9781405135771

Editeur : *Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

Synopsis

Adventures in 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 16 newly-commissioned essays written by a distinguished group of contributors, including Slavoj Zizek and Frederic Jameson
• 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

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Matthew Beaumont is Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature in the Department of English at University College, London. He is the author of Utopia Ltd.: Ideologies of Social Dreaming in England 1870-1900 (2005), and has edited Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward for Oxford World's Classics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: *Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405135778
• ISBN 13: 9781405135771
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 303
• Éditeur: Beaumont Matthew
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• Personne responsable: non disponible