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Between the Civil War and the First World War, realism was the most prominent form of American fiction. Realist writers of the period include some of America's greatest, such as Henry James, Edith Wharton and Mark Twain, but also many lesser-known writers whose work still speaks to us today, for instance Charles Chesnutt, Zitkala-Ša and Sarah Orne Jewett. Emphasizing realism's historical context, this introduction traces the genre's relationship with powerful, often violent, social conflicts involving race, gender, class and national origin. It also examines how the realist style was created; the necessarily ambiguous relationship between realism produced on the page and reality outside the book; and the different, often contradictory, forms 'realism' took in literary works by different authors. The most accessible yet sophisticated account of American literary realism currently available, this volume will be of great value to students, teachers and readers of the American novel.

Fiction --- Thematology --- American literature --- anno 1800-1999 --- American national characteristics in literature --- Amerikaans volkskarakter in de literatuur --- Caractéristiques nationales américaines dans la littérature --- Littérature réaliste --- National characteristics [American ] in literature --- Neorealism (Literature) --- Neorealisme (Literatuur) --- Néoréalisme (Littérature) --- Realism (Literary movement) --- Realism in literature --- Realisme (Letterkundige beweging) --- Realisme (Literaire beweging) --- Realisme in de literatuur --- Realistische literatuur --- Réalisme (Mouvement littéraire) --- Réalisme dans la littérature --- Volkskarakter [Amerikaans ] in de literatuur --- American fiction --- Literature and society --- Realism in literature. --- Popular literature --- National characteristics, American, in literature. --- History and criticism. --- History --- National characteristics, American, in literature --- Magic realism (Literature) --- Mimesis in literature --- History and criticism --- 19th century --- 20th century --- United States --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Littérature et société --- Réalité --- États-Unis --- 20e siècle --- Dans la littérature