Steven Earnshaw:
Beginning Realism - Taschenbuch
2016, ISBN: 9788130915784
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London: Merlin,. 88pp. Translated from the German. Black cloth with gilt titles. Hint of bumping to tail of spine. Hint of rubbing and hint of fading to dust wrapper. Very good copy in… Mehr…
London: Merlin,. 88pp. Translated from the German. Black cloth with gilt titles. Hint of bumping to tail of spine. Hint of rubbing and hint of fading to dust wrapper. Very good copy in very good dw. . Hardcover. 1969., Merlin, 1969, Aakar Books, 2016. First edition. Softcover. New. Lukács is a thinker and critic widely appreciated in cultural and literary studies of the twentieth century. This book considers the nature and development of the novel and anticipates its development. It is an essay of prophetic vision: Lukács writes: “anyone who wants to become more intimately acquainted with the prehistory of the important ideologies of the [nineteen-] twenties and thirties...will be helped by a critical reading of this book.†It begins with a comparison of the historic conditions that gave rise to the epic and the novel. In the age of the novel the once known unity between man and his world has been lost and the hero has become an estranged seeker of the meaning of existence. Later Lukács offers a typology of the novel based on whether the hero struggles for a realisation of a meaningful idea, or withdraws from all action. The balance of these extreme forms the third possibility, and each type is exemplified. The book is not a study of artistic technicalities, but of man, history and art tied closely in their development. It is written in a lyrical style well rendered by the translation. – Library Journal Printed Pages: 160., Aakar Books, 2016, Aakar Books, 2016. First edition. Softcover. New. Lukács is a thinker and critic widely appreciated in cultural and literary studies of the twentieth century. This book considers the nature and development of the novel and anticipates its development. It is an essay of prophetic vision: Lukács writes: anyone who wants to become more intimately acquainted with the prehistory of the important ideologies of the [nineteen-] twenties and thirties...will be helped by a critical reading of this book. It begins with a comparison of the historic conditions that gave rise to the epic and the novel. In the age of the novel the once known unity between man and his world has been lost and the hero has become an estranged seeker of the meaning of existence. Later Lukács offers a typology of the novel based on whether the hero struggles for a realisation of a meaningful idea, or withdraws from all action. The balance of these extreme forms the third possibility, and each type is exemplified. The book is not a study of artistic technicalities, but of man, history and art tied closely in their development. It is written in a lyrical style well rendered by the translation. Library Journal Printed Pages: 160. NA, Aakar Books, 2016, Aakar Books, 2016. First edition. Softcover. New. Lukács is a thinker and critic widely appreciated in cultural and literary studies of the twentieth century. This book considers the nature and development of the novel and anticipates its development. It is an essay of prophetic vision: Lukács writes: “anyone who wants to become more intimately acquainted with the prehistory of the important ideologies of the [nineteen-] twenties and thirties...will be helped by a critical reading of this book.†It begins with a comparison of the historic conditions that gave rise to the epic and the novel. In the age of the novel the once known unity between man and his world has been lost and the hero has become an estranged seeker of the meaning of existence. Later Lukács offers a typology of the novel based on whether the hero struggles for a realisation of a meaningful idea, or withdraws from all action. The balance of these extreme forms the third possibility, and each type is exemplified. The book is not a study of artistic technicalities, but of man, history and art tied closely in their development. It is written in a lyrical style well rendered by the translation. – Library Journal Printed Pages: 160., Aakar Books, 2016, Viva Books, 2010. First edition. Softcover. New. ‘Realism’ is a term which is key to understanding, amongst other things: the novel genre, Victorian literature, modernism and postmodernism. It thus provides the conceptual basis for much literary study, yet continues to be regarded as too slippery’ to be of use. It is often undervalued as a literary mode and so fails to receive the critical attention that more ‘glamorous’ artistic movements have attracted. Beginning Realism addresses that gap and offers an accessible guide for students and scholars to get to grips with this most fundamental of the categories. It offers a clear exposition of the importance of realism for literary studies, the different ways in which realism has been understood, and continues to be understood, by authors, critics and readers. This study recognizes that realism is every bit as complex as other modes of representation and requires a similar level of critique. Beginning Realism’s initial focus is on the nineteenth-century novel, the period and genre which defined literary realism, using a set number of works from Gaskell, Eliot, Trollope, Dickens, Mrs. Oliphant, Thackeray and ZoIa. Having firmly established what literary realism is, the book then looks at poetry and drama, genres often omitted from studies of realism. Other chapters fully explore modernism and postmodernism, modes which lean heavily upon an idea of realism for their operations. The book also includes chapters on the theories and theorists of realism (e.g. Watt, Auerbach, Lukacs and Belsey), as well as a chapter on the language of realism. A separate chapter deals with realism in its philosophical and scientific aspects, and concludes by discussing the current status of this all-important literary concept. Contents: Introduction • The nineteenth-century Realist novel: two principles • The nineteenth-century Realist Novel: particulars • Problems in defining the Realist novel • The idea of poetry • Realist drama • Modernism • Before, during and after postmodernism • Interlude • Theorists of Realism • The language of Realism • Philosophy, science and the ends of Realism • Index Printed Pages: 304., Viva Books, 2010<
