Author: Stopford A. BrookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Naturalism in English Poetry
Author: Stopford A. BrookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Death of a Naturalist
Author: Seamus HeaneyPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466864079
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Death of a Naturalist (1966) marked the auspicious debut of Seamus Heaney, a universally acclaimed master of modern literature. As a first book of poems, it is remarkable for its accurate perceptions and rich linguistic gifts.
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Naturalism
Author: Keith NewlinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195368932
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
After its heyday in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, naturalism, a genre that typically depicts human beings as the product of biological and environmental forces over which they have little control, was supplanted by modernism, a genre in which writers experimented with innovations in form and content. In the last decade, the movement is again attracting spirited scholarly debate. The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Naturalism takes stock of the best new research in the field through collecting twenty-eight original essays drawing upon recent scholarship in literary and cultural studies. The contributors offer an authoritative and in-depth reassessment of writers from Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser, and Jack London to Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Ernest Hemingway, Richard Wright, John Steinbeck, Joyce Carol Oates, and Cormac McCarthy. One set of essays focus on the genre itself, exploring the historical contexts that gave birth to it, the problem of definition, its interconnections with other genres, the scientific and philosophical ideas that motivate naturalist authors, and the continuing presence of naturalism in twenty-first century fiction. Others examine the tensions within the genre-the role of women and African-American writers, depictions of sexuality, the problem of race, and the critique of commodity culture and class. A final set of essays looks beyond the works to consider the role of the marketplace in the development of naturalism, the popular and critical response to the works, and the influence of naturalism in the other arts.
Tree That Time Built
Author: Mary Ann HobermanPublisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402249225
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A poetry celebration of nature, science, the environment, and the wonder of it all, from the Children's Poet Laureate The Tree That Time Built is a moving anthology of more than 100 poems celebrating the wonders of the natural world and encouraging environmental awareness. With a focus on the outdoors, this collection taps into today's environmental movement and also presents wonders of nature and science, most especially Darwin's theory of evolution, from which this collection gains its name. Included is an exclusive audio CD of many of the poets reading their own work. Including dynamic introductions to nine sections of poems, plus brief introductions to many individual poems, this collection reaches out to young people and stimulates their innate curiosity and idealism. This rich collection showcases a wide range of poets, including: Theodore Roethke Dylan Thomas Carl Sandburg Douglas Florian Jeff Moss Jack Prelutsky Mary Ann Hoberman
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 4. Naturalism in England
Author: Georg BrandesPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Georg Brandes in the book "Main Currents in Nineteenth-Century Literature - 4. Naturalism in England" describes the concept, history, and philosophy of naturalism within England. It covers a combination of prose and poetry in describing the various types of naturalism in existence including radical naturalism, historical naturalism, etc., and their association with other amazing concepts.
The Gold Standard and the Logic of Naturalism
Author: Walter Benn MichaelsPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520059824
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
"Michaels has written a book that will be essential reading for all those interested in American fiction and American culture. . . . This is a daring, brash work of the best kind—it will be much discussed."—Philip Fisher, Brandeis University "Like Michel Foucault, Michaels locates the 'political' in the relations between individuals, in consciousness, and in language. His work represents a far more subtle, internalized, and unschematic conception of the convergence of literature and power than we have had in American studies. He is one of the most gifted practitioners of cultural criticism today."—Leo Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Oxford Handbook of American Drama
Author: Jeffrey H. RichardsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199731497
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
This volume explores the history of American drama from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It describes origins of early republican drama and its evolution during the pre-war and post-war periods. It traces the emergence of different types of American drama including protest plays, reform drama, political drama, experimental drama, urban plays, feminist drama and realist plays. This volume also analyzes the works of some of the most notable American playwrights including Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller and those written by women dramatists.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Author: Ambrose BiercePublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528786017
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of the short story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890) by Ambrose Bierce. In this text Bierce creatively uses both structure and content to explore the concept of time, from present to past, and reflecting its transitional and illusive qualities. The story is one of Bierce’s most popular and acclaimed works, alongside “The Devil’s Dictionary” (1911). Bierce (1842-c. 1914) was an American writer, journalist and Civil War veteran associated with the realism literary movement. His writing is noted for its cynical, brooding tones and structural precision.
American Literary Naturalism, a Divided Stream
Author: Charles Child WalcuttPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816658854
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
American Literary Naturalism, a Divided Stream was first published in 1956. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The literary concept of naturalism perpetually contradicts itself, oscillating between the transcendental affirmation of human freedom and the demonstration of its nonexistence. In this tension it gropes for forms that will satisfy both demands. These contradictions, and this divided stream, Mr. Walcutt shows, represent the central intellectual and social problem of the modern world, where the confusions between materialism and religion are ubiquitous. In tracing the development of naturalism in the novel, the author provides a background with chapters on naturalistic theory and the theory and practice of Emile Zola. He then traces the shifts in form through the worlds of Harold Frederic, Hamlin Garland, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Frank Norris, Winston Churchill, Theodore Dreiser, Sherwood Anderson, James T. Farrell, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passes. College English commented: "This is a book that will clarify some of the confusion that teachers and students face when they discover that naturalistic novels do not always follow naturalistic theory." Writing in Prairie Schooner, Ihab Hassan pointed out: "In speculating on the origins of naturalism, in perceiving the inner contradictions of its spirit and the tensions of its form, and in following its full and vital sweep as it allies itself now with impressionism, now with expressionism, Professor Walcutt manages to throw new light on a major movement in American letters."
The Development of Naturalism in German Poetry from the Hainbund to Liliencron
Author: Erwin Herbert BohmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : German poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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