{"product_id":"the-politics-of-realism-paperback","title":"The Politics of Realism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Docherty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the controversial history of an aesthetic - realism - this book examines the role that realism plays in the negotiation of social, political, and material realities from the mid-19th century to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining a broad range of literary texts from French, English, Italian, German, and Russian writers, this book provides new insights into how realism engages with themes including capital, social decorum, the law and its politicisation, modern science as a determining factor concerning truth, and the politics of identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsidering works from Gustave Flaubert, Charles Baudelaire, Émile Zola, Henry James, Charles Dickens, and George Orwell, Docherty proposes a new philosophical conception of the politics of realism in an age where politics feels increasingly erratic and fantastical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Docherty\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Warwick University, UK. He has published on most areas of English and comparative literature from the Renaissance to the present day. He specializes in the philosophy of literary criticism, in critical theory, and in cultural history in relation primarily to European philosophy and literatures. Some of his previous publications include \u003ci\u003eJohn Donne Undone\u003c\/i\u003e (Methuen, Routledge, 1986) \u003ci\u003ePostmodernism \u003c\/i\u003e(Harvester\/Columbia UP, 1993), \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Democracy \u003c\/i\u003e(Stanford UP, 2006) and \u003ci\u003eThe English Question \u003c\/i\u003e(Sussex Academic, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120126562439,"sku":"9781350228573","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-politics-of-realism-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}