Realism and the Drama of Reference: Strategies of Representation in Balzac, Flaubert, and James - Paperback

by H. Meili Steele (Author)

Steele brings the problem of reference into contemporary critical debates about representation. By defining realism in terms of linguistic practices instead of representational accuracy, this study liberates reference from traditional realist concerns with the empirical universe. Realism thus becomes only one kind of referential practice.

Author Biography

H. Meili Steele is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina.