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This study of the literary scholarship on Fontane's narrative works is the first to present a systematic review of the ever-growing body of criticism on Germany's major realist novelist. Significant developments in Fontane criticism are traced in historical context, from their beginnings in contemporary commentary to the present day. The author places special emphasis on scholarship since 1980, analysing the influence of new literary critical trends in this period; she also considers the effect upon traditional literary criticism of feminism, psychoanalysis, and comparatist approaches, and the fresh developments in reception history, translation, and media studies. ... Read more

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Chapters: Socialist realism, Magic realism, Theodor Fontane, Naturalism, Ion Luca Caragiale, Alexandru Macedonski, Ion Creangă, Pantazi Ghica, Traian Demetrescu, American realism, Duiliu Zamfirescu, Nouveau réalisme, John Mecray, Gabriela Adameşteanu, Clark Hulings, Realist visual arts, Art Renewal Center, The Gleaners, Old Rogaum and His Theresa, Chanson réaliste, Assunta Spina, Calvin Maglinger, Literary realism, Barbizon school, Realist theatre, A Modern Instance, Problem play, Fischbach Gallery, Hague School, American Barbizon school, Tur-Strato 4, Fantastic realism,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 322. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ion Luca Caragiale (Romanian pronunciation: ; commonly referred to as I. L. Caragiale; February 13 1852 - July 9, 1912) was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist. Leaving behind an important cultural legacy, he is considered one of the greatest playwrights in Romanian language and literature, as well as one of its most important writers and a leading representative of local humor. Alongside Mihai Eminescu, Ioan Slavici and Ion Creangă, he is seen as one of the main representatives of Junimea, an influential literary society with which he nonetheless parted during the second half of his life. His work, spanning four decades, covers the ground between Neoclassicism, Realism, and Naturalism, building on an original synthesis of foreign and local influences. Although few in number, Caragiale's plays constitute the most accomplished expression of Romanian theater, as well as being important venues for criticism of late 19th-century Romanian society. They include the comedies O noapte furtunoasă, Conu Leonida faţă cu reacţiunea, O scrisoare pierdută, and the tragedy Năpasta. I...http://booksllc.net/?id=913503 ... Read more