American naturalism
By: edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Contributors: Bloom, Harold.
Series: Bloom's period studies
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Naturalism in literature.; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-359) and index.
Table of contents: title: Zola as a romantic writer / Frank Norris; title: Reality in America / Lionel Trilling; title: Notes on the decline of naturalism / Philip Rahv; title: Naturalism in American literature / Malcolm Cowley; title: Late nineteenth-century American naturalism / Donald Pizer; title: Panoramic environment and the anonymity of the self / Richard Poirier; title: Studs Lonigan and the failure of history in mass society: a study in claustrophobia / Ann Douglas; title: Naturalist fiction and political allegory / Harold Kaplan; title: American literary naturalism: the French connection / Richard Lehan; title: Beyond naturalism? / Michel Fabre; title: The naturalist novel and the city: temporary worlds / Philip Fisher; title: The revolt against style: Frank Norris / Michael Davitt Bell; title: Contemporary American literary naturalism / Donald Pizer; title: The awakening and the house of mirth: plotting experience and experiencing plot / Barbara Hochman; title: Dreiser, London, Crane, and the iron madonna / Donna M. Campbell; title: Chronology.