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The Frontier Roots of American Realism
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In the antebellum South, the «plain folk» maintained social norms, ideals of honor, justice, gender, and liberty that were significantly distinct from town and planter gentility, and the humorists of the Old South captured this important distinction. Southwest humor flourished from the 1830s through the Civil War and this book provides a thorough investigation of the unique and innovative contributions of these humorists to the field of American literary realism, such as use of vernacular authenticity, complex character portraits, and the narrative technique of disclosure. Thus, when the Southwest humorists «tell about the South,» they provide an endlessly entertaining and realistic representation of the vast complexities of the antebellum South and illustrate that the roots of literary realism were sown and nurtured on the southwestern frontier.
Autorentext
The Author: Gretchen Martin is Assistant Professor of American and Southern Literature at The University of Virginiäs College at Wise. She received her Ph.D. in American literature from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her publications are in the field of Southwest humor and Southern literature.
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- Sprache Englisch
- Titel The Frontier Roots of American Realism
- Veröffentlichung 02.11.2006
- ISBN 0820488119
- Format Fester Einband
- EAN 9780820488110
- Jahr 2006
- Größe H236mm x B165mm x T13mm
- Autor Gretchen Martin
- Gewicht 397g
- Auflage 1. Auflage
- Genre Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
- Lesemotiv Verstehen
- Anzahl Seiten 148
- Herausgeber Peter Lang
- GTIN 09780820488110