American Literary Realism and the Failed Promise of Contract
| Author | : Brook Thomas |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 374 |
| Release | : 1997-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0520206479 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780520206472 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (472 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis American Literary Realism and the Failed Promise of Contract by : Brook Thomas
Download or read book American Literary Realism and the Failed Promise of Contract written by Brook Thomas and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Moving expertly from legal analysis to social history to profoundly recontextualized literary critique, Thomas shows how writers like Twain, James, Howells, and Chopin took up contract as a model, formally and thematically evoking its possibilities and dramatizing its failures.