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OverviewExploring the controversial history of an aesthetic – realism – this book examines the role that realism plays in the negotiation of social, political, and material realities from the mid-19th century to the present day. Examining a broad range of literary texts from French, English, Italian, German, and Russian writers, this book provides new insights into how realism engages with themes including capital, social decorum, the law and its politicisation, modern science as a determining factor concerning truth, and the politics of identity. Considering works from Gustave Flaubert, Charles Baudelaire, Émile Zola, Henry James, Charles Dickens, and George Orwell, Docherty proposes a new philosophical conception of the politics of realism in an age where politics feels increasingly erratic and fantastical. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Prof. Thomas Docherty (Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Warwick, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781350228573ISBN 10: 1350228575 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 18 May 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Assembly: Following the Money 2 A Private View 3 Grotesque Realism: Impropriety and Decorum 4 Legislating Reality 5 Science: The Force of Vision and the Vision of Force 6 Realism Changes Reality 7 Naked Propaganda: The Intimate Things of Common Life 8 Neorealism: The Real as Resistance 9 Politics of FactReviewsThomas Docherty’s wide-ranging, spirited account of the role played by a contested aesthetic weaves examples from literature, visual arts, and film ... in admirably clear, accessible language that avoids jargon. * Modern Language Review * Author InformationThomas Docherty is Professor of English at Warwick University, UK. He has published on most areas of English and comparative literature from the Renaissance to the present day. He specializes in the philosophy of literary criticism, in critical theory, and in cultural history in relation primarily to European philosophy and literatures. Some of his previous publications include John Donne Undone (Methuen, Routledge, 1986) Postmodernism (Harvester/Columbia UP, 1993), Aesthetic Democracy (Stanford UP, 2006) and The English Question (Sussex Academic, 2008). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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