The Romance of Real Life: A History of European Realism
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The Romance of Real Life, a common title in nineteenth-century European and American fiction, identifies the basic dilemma confronting realists throughout the century: reality is not always interesting, and romance is not always believable.
This simple thesis, familiar in individual cases, has never been explored as comprehensively as here. Equally attentive to philology, stylistics, plot layout, and the slow trends that transform genres, Marshall Brown’s study offers a unique slant on fic...























