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Realism and naturalism in nineteenth-century American literature.

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Realism and naturalism in nineteenth-century American literature. With a pref. by Harry T. Moore.

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During the Revolution a nine-year-old black slave girl is given the task of blowing up ammunition stored in the British barracks in Charleston.

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Late nineteenth-century American realism -- Late nineteenth-century American naturalism -- Frank Norris's definition of naturalism -- The evolutionary foundation of W.D. Howells's Criticism and fiction -- Evolution and criticism: Thomas Sergeant Perry -- Evolutionary criticism and the defense of Howellsian realism -- Evolutionary ideas in late nineteenth-century English and American literary criticism -- Hamlin Garland and Stephen Crane: the naturalist as romantic individualist -- The significance of Frank Norris's literary criticism -- The ethical unity of The rise of Silas Lapham -- The Garland-Crane relationship -- Stephen Crane's Maggie and American naturalism -- Synthetic criticism and Frank Norris's The octopus.

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