The vast and terrible drama
Subtitle: American literary naturalism in the late nineteenth century
By: Eric Carl Link.
Series: Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Naturalism in literature.
Description: "The Vast and Terrible Drama is a critical study of the context in which authors such as Oliver Wendell Holmes. Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser, and Jack London created their most significant work. In 1896 Frank Norris wrote: "Terrible things must happen to the characters of the naturalistic tale. They must be twisted from the ordinary ... and flung into the throes of a vast and terrible drama." There could be "no teacup tragedies here." This volume broadens our understanding of literary naturalism as a response to these and other aesthetic concerns of the 19th century."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining American literary naturalism; title: The naturalist aesthetic; title: Naturalism and utopia; title: The forms of determinism; title: Reading American literary naturalism.