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Adventures in Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though focused on literature and literary theory, the significance of technology and the visual arts is also addressed. * Comprises 16 newly-commissioned essays written by a distinguished group of contributors, including Slavoj Zizek and Frederic Jameson * Provides the historical, cultural, intellectual, and literary contexts necessary to understand developments in realism * Addresses the artistic mediums and technologies such as painting and film that have helped shape the way we perceive reality * Explores literary and pictorial sub-genres, such as naturalism and socialist realism * Includes a brief bibliography and suggestions for further reading at the end of each sectionContent: Chapter 1 Literary Realism Reconsidered: “The World in its Length and Breadth” (pages 1–20): George LevineChapter 2 Realist Synthesis in the Nineteenth?Century Novel: “That Unity which Lies in the Selection of our Keenest Consciousness” (pages 33–49): Simon DentithChapter 3 Space, Mobility, and the Novel: “The Spirit of Place is a Great Reality” (pages 50–67): Josephine McDonaghChapter 4 Naturalism: “Dirt and Horror Pure and Simple” (pages 68–83): Sally LedgerChapter 5 Realism Before and After Photography: “The Fantastical Form of a Relation Among Things” (pages 84–102): Nancy ArmstrongChapter 6 The Realist Aesthetic in Painting: “Serious and Committed, Ironic and Brutal, Sincere and Full of Poetry” (pages 1–22): Andrew HemingwayChapter 7 Interrupted Dialogues of Realism and Modernism: “The Fact of New Forms of Life, Already Born and Active” (pages 125–141): Esther LeslieChapter 8 Socialist Realism: “To Depict Reality in its Revolutionary Development” (pages 142–157): Brandon TaylorChapter 9 Realism, Modernism, and Photography: “At Last, at Last the Mask has been Torn Away” (pages 158–176): John RobertsChapter 10 Cinematic Realism: “A Recreation of the World in its Own Image” (pages 177–192): Laura MarcusChapter 11 The Current of Critical Irrealism: “A Moonlit Enchanted Night” (pages 193–206): Michael LowyChapter 12 Psychoanalysis and the Lacanian Real: “Strange Shapes of the Unwarped Primal World” (pages 207–223): Slavoj ZizekChapter 13 Feminist Theory and the Return of the Real: “What We really Want Most out of Realism…” (pages 224–240): Helen SmallChapter 14 Realism and Anti?Realism in Contemporary Philosophy: “What's Truth Got to do with It?” (pages 241–260): Christopher NorrisChapter 15 A Note on Literary Realism in Conclusion (pages 261–271): Fredric Jameson