An edition of American literary realism and the failed promise of contract (1997)
American literary realism and the failed promise of contract
By Brook Thomas
Publish Date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Language
eng
Pages
359
Description:
"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.
subjects: Promise (Law) in literature, Literature and society, Realism in literature, Social status in literature, Social ethics in literature, History and criticism, Contracts in literature, American fiction, History, Law in literature, General, American, LITERARY CRITICISM, American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, Social ethics, Social status, English, Languages & Literatures, American Literature
Places: United States
Times: 19th century