The Resource Worlds enough : the invention of realism in the Victorian novel, Elaine Freedgood
Worlds enough : the invention of realism in the Victorian novel, Elaine Freedgood
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- Summary
- "A short, provocative book that challenges basic assumptions about Victorian fiction. Now praised for its realism and formal coherence, the Victorian novel was not always great, or even good, in the eyes of its critics. As Elaine Freedgood reveals in Worlds Enough, it was only in the late 1970s that literary critics constructed a prestigious version of British realism, erasing more than a century of controversy about the value of Victorian fiction. Examining criticism of Victorian novels since the 1850s, Freedgood demonstrates that while they were praised for their ability to bring certain social truths to fictional life, these novels were also criticized for their formal failures and compared unfavorably to their French and German counterparts. She analyzes the characteristics of realism--denotation, omniscience, paratext, reference, and ontology--and the politics inherent in them, arguing that if critics displaced the nineteenth-century realist novel as the standard by which others are judged, literary history might be richer. It would allow peripheral literatures and the neglected wisdom of their critics to come fully into view. She concludes by questioning the aesthetic racism built into prevailing ideas about the centrality of realism in the novel, and how those ideas have affected debates about world literature. By re-examining the critical reception of the Victorian novel, Worlds Enough suggests how we can rethink our practices and perceptions about books we think we know."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxii, 152 pages
- Contents
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- Preface: Worlds enough
- Introduction: How the Victorian novel became realistic (in a French way), reactionary, and great
- Case study 1: Denotation
- Case study 2: Omniscience
- Case study 3: Paratext
- Case study 4: Hetero-ontologicality
- Case study 5: Reference
- Conclusion: Decolonizing the novel
- Isbn
- 9780691193304
- Label
- Worlds enough : the invention of realism in the Victorian novel
- Title
- Worlds enough
- Title remainder
- the invention of realism in the Victorian novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Elaine Freedgood
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A short, provocative book that challenges basic assumptions about Victorian fiction. Now praised for its realism and formal coherence, the Victorian novel was not always great, or even good, in the eyes of its critics. As Elaine Freedgood reveals in Worlds Enough, it was only in the late 1970s that literary critics constructed a prestigious version of British realism, erasing more than a century of controversy about the value of Victorian fiction. Examining criticism of Victorian novels since the 1850s, Freedgood demonstrates that while they were praised for their ability to bring certain social truths to fictional life, these novels were also criticized for their formal failures and compared unfavorably to their French and German counterparts. She analyzes the characteristics of realism--denotation, omniscience, paratext, reference, and ontology--and the politics inherent in them, arguing that if critics displaced the nineteenth-century realist novel as the standard by which others are judged, literary history might be richer. It would allow peripheral literatures and the neglected wisdom of their critics to come fully into view. She concludes by questioning the aesthetic racism built into prevailing ideas about the centrality of realism in the novel, and how those ideas have affected debates about world literature. By re-examining the critical reception of the Victorian novel, Worlds Enough suggests how we can rethink our practices and perceptions about books we think we know."--
- Assigning source
- Book jacket
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Freedgood, Elaine,
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR468.R42
- LC item number
- F74 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English literature
- Realism in literature
- English literature
- Realism in literature
- Englisch
- Rezeption
- Roman
- Label
- Worlds enough : the invention of realism in the Victorian novel, Elaine Freedgood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- Contents
- Preface: Worlds enough -- Introduction: How the Victorian novel became realistic (in a French way), reactionary, and great -- Case study 1: Denotation -- Case study 2: Omniscience -- Case study 3: Paratext -- Case study 4: Hetero-ontologicality -- Case study 5: Reference -- Conclusion: Decolonizing the novel
- Control code
- 1089576010
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 152 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691193304
- Lccn
- 2019934907
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1089576010
- Label
- Worlds enough : the invention of realism in the Victorian novel, Elaine Freedgood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface: Worlds enough -- Introduction: How the Victorian novel became realistic (in a French way), reactionary, and great -- Case study 1: Denotation -- Case study 2: Omniscience -- Case study 3: Paratext -- Case study 4: Hetero-ontologicality -- Case study 5: Reference -- Conclusion: Decolonizing the novel
- Control code
- 1089576010
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 152 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691193304
- Lccn
- 2019934907
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1089576010
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