The 1966 edition of this book has be come a standard work. In this new, re vised edition, Pizer has dropped three chapters and has refined and extended the work by adding six: "American Liter ary Naturalism: An Approach Through Form," "American Literary Naturalism: The Example of Dreiser," "The Prob lem of Philosophy in the Naturalistic Novel," "Hamlin Garland's 1891 Main-Travelled Roads: Local Color as Art," "Jack London: The Problem of Form," and "Dreiser's 'Nigger Jeff' The Devel opment of an Aesthetic." The book ...
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The 1966 edition of this book has be come a standard work. In this new, re vised edition, Pizer has dropped three chapters and has refined and extended the work by adding six: "American Liter ary Naturalism: An Approach Through Form," "American Literary Naturalism: The Example of Dreiser," "The Prob lem of Philosophy in the Naturalistic Novel," "Hamlin Garland's 1891 Main-Travelled Roads: Local Color as Art," "Jack London: The Problem of Form," and "Dreiser's 'Nigger Jeff' The Devel opment of an Aesthetic." The book contains definitions of real ism and naturalism based on representa tive novels of the period ranging from Howells' Rise of Silas Lapham to Crane's Red Badge of Courage; analyses of the literary criticism of the age, stressing that of Howells, Garland, and Norris; and close readings of specific works by major figures of the period.
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