| Description |
xv, 278 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The premises of realism Discontinuity in medieval art The rationalization of sight Adiaphora Knowledge and power -- Perspective in narration The rationalization of consciousness The ethic of mobility -- The narrator as nobody -- pt. 2. Problematics of agreement Time and eternity: the cases of Robinson Crusoe and Pamela Discontinuous time and rhetorical sequence The dangers of mediation Accommodating difference -- Jane Austen's critique of distance Narrative correction in Emma Narration and perspective in Persuasion -- pt. 3. Recollection and consent Mutual friendship and the identity of things in Dickens Problems of articulation Consensus in Our mutual friend -- George Eliot's invisible community Ideas and things Differ nece and form Sequence and difference -- Epilogue The example of Henry James |
| Analysis |
Fiction in English, 1702-1900. Realism - Critical studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
English fiction -- History and criticism.
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Realism in literature.
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| LC no. |
82061360 |
| ISBN |
0691065608 |
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