Challenging the conventional understandings of literary naturalism
defined primarily through its male writers, Donna M. Campbell
examines the ways in which American women writers wrote
naturalistic fiction and redefined its principles for their own
purposes. Bitter Tastes looks at examples from Edith Wharton, Kate
Chopin, Willa Cather, Ellen Glasgow, and others and positions their
work within the naturalistic canon that arose near the turn of the
twentieth century. Campbell further places these women writers in a
broader context by tracing their relationship to early film, which,
like naturalism, claimed the ability to represent elemental social
truths through a documentary method. Women had a significant
presence in early film and constituted 40 percent of scenario
writers in many cases they also served as directors and producers.
Campbell explores the features of naturalism that assumed special
prominence in women’s writing and early film and how the work of
these early naturalists diverged from that of their male
counterparts in important ways.
General
Imprint: |
University of Georgia Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2016 |
Authors: |
Donna M Campbell
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Paper over boards
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Pages: |
400 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8203-4172-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8203-4172-X |
Barcode: |
9780820341729 |
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