Documents Of Modern Literary Realism

Using Selections By American, British, French, German, Russian, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, And South American Critics And Authors, Professor Becker Illustrates How Realism Arose As A Reaction To Romanticism, And How The Practitioners Of Realism Developed Conflicting Ideas About The Means They Should Use And The Ends Toward Which They Should Strive. The Selections Are Concerned Mainly With Prose, Since, According To The Author, Prose Fiction Has Been The Major Vehicle Of Realism.originally Published In 1963.the Princeton Legacy Library Uses The Latest Print-on-demand Technology To Again Make Available Previously Out-of-print Books From The Distinguished Backlist Of Princeton University Press. These Editions Preserve The Original Texts Of These Important Books While Presenting Them In Durable Paperback And Hardcover Editions.