Twisted from the Ordinary: Essays on American Literary Naturalism

by Mary E. Papke

American literary naturalism both seduces and repulses the reader, disrupting stable notions of individual and moral coherence. Usually associated with works such as Frank Norris's McTeague and Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat," naturalism draws on nineteenth-century theories of hereditary and environmental determinism, emphasizing the role of chance in characters' struggles for survival in an increasingly industrial, capitalistic, urban jungle.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572332239
• ISBN13: 9781572332232
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"