num_pages: 140
description: Traces the development of realism in U.S. fiction, looking closely at the work of Hawthorne, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Updike, and Vonnegut
language: English
title: The Practice of Fiction in America: Writers from Hawthorne to the Present
titlecomplete: The Practice of Fiction in America: Writers from Hawthorne to the Present
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Iowa State Pr