Author : Sharon M. Harris
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812213355
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (133 download)
Book Synopsis Rebecca Harding Davis and American Realism by : Sharon M. Harris
Download or read book Rebecca Harding Davis and American Realism written by Sharon M. Harris and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1991-06 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the late 1860s until her death in 1910, Rebecca Harding Davis was one of the best-known writers in America. She broke into print as a young woman in the 1860s with "Life in the Iron Mills," which established her as one of the pioneers of American realism. She developed a literary theory of the "commonplace" nearly two decades before William Dean Howels shaped his own version of the concept. Yet, in spite of her importance to the literary and popular culture of her time, she has been, for the most part, ignored by scholars. Rebecca Harding Davis and American Realism helps to change that.