Material matters: The surfaces of realist fiction
(2022)
Book Chapter
James, S. J. (2022). Material matters: The surfaces of realist fiction. In S. E. Larsen, S. B. Jørgensen, & M. R. Higonnet (Eds.), Landscapes of Realism: Rethinking literary realism in comparative perspectives. Volume II: Pathways through realism (233-269). John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/chlel.xxxiii.08jam
The representation of objects is one of the guarantors of a particular kind of literary text being characterized as realist. The mimesis of objects, possessions, and interiors, marveled at by Henry James when writing on Honoré de Balzac, and deplored... Read More about Material matters: The surfaces of realist fiction.