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Haunting Realities: Naturalist Gothic and American Realism (Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism) by Monika M. Elbert; Wendy Ryden; Stephen Arch; David Greven; Donna M. Campbell; Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet; Steve Marsden; Christine A. Wooley; Dennis Berthold; Alicia Mischa Renfroe; Charlotte L. Quinney; Gary Totten; Dara Downey; Daniel Mrozowski; Kenneth K. Brandt; Patricia Luedecke; Lisa A. Long is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Haunting Realities: Naturalist Gothic and American Realism (Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism) about?

Haunting Realities: Naturalist Gothic And American Realism Is An Innovative Collection Of Essays Examining The Sometimes Paradoxical Alignment Of Realism And Naturalism With The Gothic In American Literature To Highlight Their Shared Qualities. Following The Golden Age Of British Gothic In The Late Eighteenth Century, The American Gothic's Pinnacle Is Often Recognized As Having Taken Place During The Decades Of American Romanticism. However, Haunting Realities Explores The Period Of American Realism--the End Of The Nineteenth Century--to Discover Evidence Of Fertile Ground For Another Age Of Gothic Proliferation. At First Glance, Naturalist Gothic Seems To Be A Contradiction In Terms. While The Gothic Is Known For Its Sensational Effects, With Its Emphasis On Horror And The Supernatural, The Doctrines Of Late Nineteenth-century Naturalism Attempted To Move Away From The Aesthetics Of Sentimentality And Stressed Sobering, Mechanistic Views Of Reality Steeped In Scientific Thought And The Determinism Of Market Values And Biology. Nonetheless, What Binds Gothicism And Naturalism Together Is A Vision Of Shared Pessimism And The Perception Of A Fearful, Lingering Presence That Ominously

Author

Monika M. Elbert; Wendy Ryden; Stephen Arch; David Greven; Donna M. Campbell; Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet; Steve Marsden; Christine A. Wooley; Dennis Berthold; Alicia Mischa Renfroe; Charlotte L. Quinney; Gary Totten; Dara Downey; Daniel Mrozowski; Kenneth K. Brandt; Patricia Luedecke; Lisa A. Long

Publisher

The University of Alabama Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780817319373

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Romance