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From:Reference Guide to American Literature (3rd ed.)In his review of the Yale Repertory Theatre production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom in 1984, the New York Times critic Frank Rich hailed August Wilson as a "major find for the American Theatre." Within the next eight...
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From: Modern Language Studies[In the following essay, Fuchs focuses on the protagonist—both his characterization and behavior—in Forevermore (Ad Olam) in order to reveal “the underlying irony of the story, which is its most salient feature.”] 1....
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From: Harper's Monthly Magazine[Howells was the chief progenitor of American realism and the most influential American literary critic during the late nineteenth century. He was the author of nearly three dozen novels which, though neglected for...
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From: American Quarterly[(essay date 1997) In the following essay, Hughes maintains that "Life in the Iron Mills" should be read as a religious parable and goes on to analyze the text in the context of liberation.] Critics have recognized...
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From: Italian Quarterly[In the following excerpt, Kibler discusses the author's expression of “objective reality” in his novels.] [Moravia] considers himself a realist writer: ... he has steadfastly defended realism against all other...
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From:Reference Guide to American Literature (3rd ed.)Critics are divided as to whether Edward Albee is a realist or absurdist. Critics and public are divided as to the quality of his writing after Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Actors and directors are divided as to...
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From: World Literature Today“The mission of literature is to express the essence of the human spirit, of man's spiritual quest,” remarked Chingiz Aitmatov in an interview several years ago [published in Russian Literature Triquarterly, 1979]....
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From: Canadian LiteratureThe emergent theatre of Native peoples offers theatre scholars and historians a unique opportunity to observe the fusion of cultures in the making. While contemporary postmodern theatre represents just one more link in a...
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From:Reference Guide to American Literature (3rd ed.)After three years reading, writing, and lecturing in Boston, Hamlin Garland in 1887 (after six years away from home) traveled to the old homestead in Iowa and then to South Dakota to visit his parents. Although Garland...
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From: The North American Review[Howells was the chief progenitor of American Realism and the most influential American literary critic during the late nineteenth century. Through Realism, a theory central to his fiction and criticism, Howells sought...
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From: Modern Drama[(essay date May 1961) In the following essay, Wooton discusses The Vultures and its importance in the early development of modern realism.] Henry Becque's The Vultures, although important in the early development of...
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From: In the American Tree[(essay date 1984) In following introduction to his anthology of Language Poetry, written in 1984, Silliman briefly comments on the origin and development of the movement.] "I Hate Speech." Thus capitalized, these...
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From:Reference Guide to American Literature (3rd ed.)Pioneer realist and sociological fiction writer, Rebecca Harding Davis was ahead of her times. But her times caught up with her. With sincerest intentions, she succumbed to prevailing literary tastes, and she is read...
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From: Journal of American Culture[(essay date Fall 1991) In the following essay, Varsava compliments Wolfe on the realism of The Bonfire of the Vanities, but states that the novel doesn't live up to the values of the social-realist novel that Wolfe...
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From:Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Vol. 142. )REPRESENTATIVE WORKS:Jeppe AakjarVredens Børn, Et Tyendes Saga [Children of Wrath, a Hired-Man's Saga] (novel) 1904Rugens Sange [Songs of the Rye] (poetry) 1906Hans Christian BrannerLegetøj (novel) 1936Drømmen om en...
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From: The Shadow of the Cathedral: A Novel[Howells was the chief progenitor of American Realism and the most influential American literary critic during the late nineteenth century. He was the author of nearly three dozen novels, few of which are read today....
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From: Markham Review[(essay date summer 1979) In the following essay, Albertini notes Cather's realistic portrayal of the personal, political, and economic strife endured by rural Nebraskans in "Peter," "On the Divide," "Lou, the Prophet,"...
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From: College Literature[(review date Fall 2000) In the following review, Folks regards Figural Realism as "an eloquent effort" in defense of poststructuralism.] Building upon his previous studies Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in...
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From: American Literary Realism[In the following essay, Johnson discusses Western-themed stories by Norris and Mary Austin.] Frank Norris and Mary Austin are two Western writers whose accomplishments in short fiction have generally been neglected;...
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From: The North American Review[Howells was the chief progenitor of American realism and the most influential American literary critic during the late nineteenth century. He was the author of nearly three dozen novels and stands as one of the major...