{"product_id":"nineteenth-century-literary-realism-through-the-looking-glass-9780521152723","title":"Nineteenth-Century Literary Realism: Through the Looking Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Katherine Kearns\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNineteenth-Century Literary Realism radically redefines the genre of realism, arguing that its political commitment to social reform--its earnest agenda--often enters into conflict with its formal demands. Obliged to portray life as truthfully as possible--often through the vehicle of describing tortured souls in a world out of sorts--realism must also satisfy ideological demands that may not jibe with that truth, leading to a crisis of form and function. By looking at these conflicts as peculiar to realism, Kearns reads as realist several texts usually considered too fantastic to fit the realist prescription.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47581635477655,"sku":"9780521152723","price":5375.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521152723.webp?v=1774920545","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/nineteenth-century-literary-realism-through-the-looking-glass-9780521152723","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}