Hardback. First edition. 166pp. A study of the realist form of the novel focusing on George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Honor� de Balzac, D. H. Lawrence and Iris Murdoch amongst others. Moves on to consider the future of Realism, which Eagleton regards as a middle class form, in a fragmented postmodern world. First edition, first printing with complete numberline. Very clean, bright and neat. Near fine, bright copy.

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Title: The Real Thing: Reflections on a Literary Form
Publisher: Yale University Press,
Publication Date: 2024
ISBN 10: 0300274297
ISBN 13: 9780300274295
Binding: Hardback
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near fine, bright copy

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A clear-sighted and entertaining defence of literary realism, and an account of its key practitioners

Realist fiction is one of the most enduring artforms history has ever witnessed. By describing the intricate inner life of its characters, or widening its focus to set their experience in context, it can evoke the reader’s sympathies as few other forms can. Yet it is also by and large a product of the middle classes: boldly individualist and fascinated by money, property, marriage, and inheritance.

Can such realism survive in the postmodern age?

Acclaimed critic Terry Eagleton explores realism’s complex history, practice, and politics. Spanning several centuries, and including writers such as George Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, and Iris Murdoch, Eagleton offers a witty, entertaining defence of a form which offers both panoramic scope and individual nuance in an increasingly fragmented world.

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Terry Eagleton is distinguished visiting professor of English literature at Lancaster University and the author of more than fifty books in the fields of literary theory, postmodernism, politics, ideology, and religion.

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