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The Vast and Terrible Drama : American Literary Naturalism in the Late Nineteenth Century / Eric Carl Link.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Link, Eric Carl.
- Series:
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
- Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Naturalism in literature.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, [Alabama] : The University Alabama Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- A broad treatment of the cultural, social, political, and literary under-pinnings of an entire period and movement in American letters The Vast and Terrible Drama is a critical study of the context in which authors such as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser, and Jack London created their most significant work.
- Contents:
- Defining American literary naturalism
- The naturalist aesthetic
- Naturalism and utopia
- The forms of determinism
- Reading American literary naturalism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-210) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-9089-8
- OCLC:
- 1016777872
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