Theory and Practice of American Literary Naturalism: Selected Essay and Reviews

by Donald Pizer

In his first book devoted exclusively to naturalism, Donald Pizer brings together thirteen essays and four reviews written over a thirty-year period that in their entirety constitute a full-scale interpretation of the basic character and historical shape of naturalism in America.

The essays fall into three groups. Some deal with the full range of American naturalism, from the 1590s to the late twentieth century, and some are confined either...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809318474
• ISBN13: 9780809318476
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"