Applies new understandings of realism as a political aesthetic to
Progressive Era Literature, arguing for its radicalism politically
and culturally Offers an original interpretation of the
contribution of American anthropology and social science to the
development of literature and culture in the 20th century New
readings of canonical and non-canonical texts of the period 1880
1930, placing Edith Wharton, WD Howells, Stephen Crane Jose Mart
and others alongside works by other working-class reformers,
journalists, political radicals and anthropologists working in the
Progressive Era U.S.A. New approach to realism that explores it as
a form of modernism in the arts Develops a theory of the
intersections of class and culture in U.S. literature that
contributes to ongoing discussions in the method wars This book is
an account of how American realism in the Progressive Era
contributed to debates about modernity. It uses the anthropological
theories of Franz Boas, and Jacques Ranciere's work on aesthetics
and politics to develop a mode of reading class and culture that
challenges conventional interpretations that pit the two modes of
representation in opposition. It paints a picture of the
late-nineteenth century, prior to modernism, as an aesthetically
exciting, original, and politically radical stage in American life
to reinvigorate realism as a radical aesthetic practice, with
implications for understandings of American literature both in the
past and into the future.
General
| Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Modern American Literature and the New Twentieth Century |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Michael J. Collins
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4744-5672-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-4744-5672-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781474456722 |
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