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First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
In this closely reasoned study, John J. Conder has created a new
and more vital understanding of naturalism in American literature.
Moving from the Hobbesian dilemma between causation and free will
down through Bergson's concept of dual selves, Conder defines a
view of determinism so rich in possibilities that it can serve as
the inspiration of literary works of astonishing variety and unite
them in a single, though developing, naturalistic tradition in
American letters. At the heart of this book, beyond its philosophic
discussion, is Conder's reading of key works in the naturalistic
canon, beginning with Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" and "The Blue
Hotel." The special character of determinism in Crane is, Conder
holds, the source of his complexity and striking originality. He
finds a stricter determinism in Norris's McTeague. In Dreiser,
however, the naturalistic tradition develops toward a fusion of
determinism and freedom in a single work, and this fusion in a
different guise operates in Dos Passos's view of self in Manhattan
Transfer. With Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath the uniting of
determinism and freedom finds its fullest realization in the
concept of dual selves, one determined, one free. In Faulkner's The
Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! the concept of the dual
self appears in its most complex form. The developments in the work
of Steinbeck and Faulkner, Conder believes, bring the classic phase
of American literary naturalism to a close. Naturalism in American
Fiction illuminates a group of major literary works and revives a
theoretic consideration of naturalism. It thus makes a fundamental
contribution to American studies.
Published originally by Kegan Paul in 1935, this vital work by the
western master of Japanese flower arranging covers all aspects,
schools and historic styles of this important art form. An
indispensable book for all those many people worldwide who practice
this art.
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