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Routes into American Realism (2021)
Book Chapter
Thompson, G. (2021). Routes into American Realism. In Landscapes of Realism: Rethinking Literary Realism(s) in Global Comparative Perspective (213–230). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/chlel.xxxii.07tho

Realism is usually associated with American literature written after the Civil War. This essay argues that realism was also a significant force during the late-eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. The argument proceeds in three parts. First, the... Read More about Routes into American Realism.