Download or read book The Realist Novel written by Dennis Walder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-18 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book guides the student through the fundamentals of this enduring literary form. By using carefully selected novels and discussing a wide range of authors including Emily Dickinson and John Kincaid, the authors provide a lively examination of the particular themes and modes of realist novels of the period. This is the only book currently available to provide such a wide range of primary and secondary material and is the prefect resource for a literature degree.