Politics of Realism

Exploring the controversial history of an aesthetic - realism - this book examines the<br/>role that realism plays in the negotiation of social political and material realities from<br/>the mid-19th century to the present day.<br/><br/>Examining a broad range of literary texts from French English Italian German and<br/>Russian writers this book provides new insights into how realism engages with themes<br/>including capital social decorum the law and its politicisation modern science as a<br/>determining factor concerning truth and the politics of identity.<br/><br/>Considering works from Gustave Flaubert Charles Baudelaire Émile Zola Henry<br/>James Charles Dickens and George Orwell Docherty proposes a new philosophical<br/>conception of the politics of realism in an age where politics feels increasingly erratic<br/>and fantastical.