Realism and the Novel
Realism and the Novel
£90.00
GBPRealism and the Novel combines arguments about realism's emergence in the European eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with essays on its persistence throughout the world and into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Moving away from a diffusionist account of culture – one where the realist novel is understood to have an autonomous national development in the West that then spreads across the globe – Realism and the Novel focuses, instead, on the ways the relationship between center and periphery informs both realism's origins and its continued relevance. At the same time, this collection takes seriously the semi-autonomy of literary form; the realist inheritance is not only an imposition. Rather, in its multiple incarnations, the realist novel has shown itself to be an exceptionally varied and multi-faceted form for representing the disparate social worlds of imperial modernity.
- Helps readers understand how national traditions are never entirely autonomous, creating a greater understanding of the interactions between history and literature
- Argues that the formal qualities of the novel remain relevant in today's world, even for cultural traditions for whom it might seem an alien form
- Exposes readers to a wide range of literary scholars, traditions and styles of argumentation, all in one volume
Product details
June 2025Hardback
9781009296885
400 pages
229 × 152 mm
Not yet published - available from June 2025
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Realism and the Novel: A Global History Paul Stasi
- Part I. The Realist Novel: A Timeline:
- 1. The eighteenth century Rebekah Mitsein
- 2. The nineteenth century: England Ann Kornbluh
- 3. The nineteenth century: France and its colonies Jennifer Yee
- 4. The nineteenth century: America Mika Turim-Nygren
- 5. Realism and modernism Paul Stasi
- 6. Post-1945 realisms Matthew D Miller
- Part II. Realism's Keywords:
- 7. Realism and the nation Patrick Parrinder
- 8. Realism, liberalism and the subject Carolyn Lesjak
- 9. Realism and sentiment Ulka Anjaria
- 10. Realism and gender Ronjaunee Chatterjee
- 11. Realism and race Rita Barnard
- 12. Realism and sexuality Heather Love
- Part III. Forms of Realism:
- 13. Realism and naturalism Andrew Hebard
- 14. Magical realism Tavid Mulder
- 15. Socialist realism Evgeny Dobrenko
- 16. Proletarian realism Barbara Foley
- 17. Capitalist realism Mathias Nilges
- Part IV. Locations of Realism:
- 18. African-American realism Kenneth W. Warren
- 19. Asian-American realism Christopher T. Fan
- 20. Chicano/Latinx realism Nicole Eitzen Delgado
- 21. Russian realism Priscilla Meyer
- 22. Realism and Ireland Mary Mullen
- 23. Latin American realism Kyle Proehl and Neil Larsen
- 24. Caribbean realism Michael Niblett
- 25. Realism and the African novel Josh Jewell and Madhu Krishnan
- 26. Realism and the Indian novel Pranav Jani
- 27. Realism and the Chinese novel Martin Huang
- 28. Realism and the Arabic Novel Raya Alraddadi
- 29. Realism and the Israeli novel Oded Nir.
