Facing facts: realism in American thought and culture, 1850 - 1920
In Facing Facts, David Shi provides the most comprehensive history to date of the rise of realism in American culture. He vividly captures the character and sweep of this all-encompassing movement - ranging from Winslow Homer to the rise of the Ash Can school, from Whitman to Henry James to Theodore...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In Facing Facts, David Shi provides the most comprehensive history to date of the rise of realism in American culture. He vividly captures the character and sweep of this all-encompassing movement - ranging from Winslow Homer to the rise of the Ash Can school, from Whitman to Henry James to Theodore Dreiser. He begins with a look at the antebellum years, when idealistic themes were considered the only fit subject for art (Hawthorne wrote that "the grosser life is a dream, and the spiritual life is a reality"). Whitman's assault on these otherworldly standards coincided with sweeping changes in American society: the bloody Civil War, the aggressive advance of a modern scientific spirit, the emergence of photography and penny newspapers, the expansion of cities, capitalism, and the middle class - all worked to shake the foundations of genteel idealism and sentimental romanticism The public developed an ever-expanding appetite for concrete facts and for art that accurately depicted them. As Shi proceeds through the nineteenth century, he traces the realist impulse in each major area of arts and letters, combining an astute analysis of the movement's essential themes with incisive portraits of its leading practitioners. Here we see Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., shaken to stern realism by the horrors of the Civil War; the influence of Walt Whitman on painter Thomas Eakins and architect Louis Sullivan, a leader of the Chicago school; the local-color verisimilitude of Louisa May Alcott and Sarah Orne Jewett; and the impact of urban squalor on intrepid young writers such as Stephen Crane. In the process of surveying nineteenth-century cultural history, Shi provides fascinating insights into the specific concerns of the realist movement - in particular, the nation's growing obsession with gender roles Realism, he observes, was in part an effort to revive masculine virtues in the face of effeminate sentimentality and decorous gentility. By the end of the nineteenth century, realism had displaced idealism as the dominant approach in thought and the arts. During the next two decades, however, a new modernist sensibility challenged the fact-devouring emphasis of realism: "Is it not time," one critic asked, "that we renounce the heresy that it is the function of art to record a fact?" Shi examines why so many Americans answered yes to this question, under influences ranging from psychoanalysis to the First World War. Nuanced, detailed, and comprehensive, Facing Facts provides the definitive account of the realist phenomenon, revealing its essential causes, explaining why it played so great a role in American cultural history, and suggesting why it retains its perennial fascination |
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| 520 | |a The public developed an ever-expanding appetite for concrete facts and for art that accurately depicted them. As Shi proceeds through the nineteenth century, he traces the realist impulse in each major area of arts and letters, combining an astute analysis of the movement's essential themes with incisive portraits of its leading practitioners. Here we see Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., shaken to stern realism by the horrors of the Civil War; the influence of Walt Whitman on painter Thomas Eakins and architect Louis Sullivan, a leader of the Chicago school; the local-color verisimilitude of Louisa May Alcott and Sarah Orne Jewett; and the impact of urban squalor on intrepid young writers such as Stephen Crane. In the process of surveying nineteenth-century cultural history, Shi provides fascinating insights into the specific concerns of the realist movement - in particular, the nation's growing obsession with gender roles | ||
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| spelling | Shi, David E. Verfasser aut Facing facts realism in American thought and culture, 1850 - 1920 David E. Shi New York u.a. Oxford Univ. Press 1995 X, 394 S. Ill. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In Facing Facts, David Shi provides the most comprehensive history to date of the rise of realism in American culture. He vividly captures the character and sweep of this all-encompassing movement - ranging from Winslow Homer to the rise of the Ash Can school, from Whitman to Henry James to Theodore Dreiser. He begins with a look at the antebellum years, when idealistic themes were considered the only fit subject for art (Hawthorne wrote that "the grosser life is a dream, and the spiritual life is a reality"). Whitman's assault on these otherworldly standards coincided with sweeping changes in American society: the bloody Civil War, the aggressive advance of a modern scientific spirit, the emergence of photography and penny newspapers, the expansion of cities, capitalism, and the middle class - all worked to shake the foundations of genteel idealism and sentimental romanticism The public developed an ever-expanding appetite for concrete facts and for art that accurately depicted them. As Shi proceeds through the nineteenth century, he traces the realist impulse in each major area of arts and letters, combining an astute analysis of the movement's essential themes with incisive portraits of its leading practitioners. Here we see Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., shaken to stern realism by the horrors of the Civil War; the influence of Walt Whitman on painter Thomas Eakins and architect Louis Sullivan, a leader of the Chicago school; the local-color verisimilitude of Louisa May Alcott and Sarah Orne Jewett; and the impact of urban squalor on intrepid young writers such as Stephen Crane. In the process of surveying nineteenth-century cultural history, Shi provides fascinating insights into the specific concerns of the realist movement - in particular, the nation's growing obsession with gender roles Realism, he observes, was in part an effort to revive masculine virtues in the face of effeminate sentimentality and decorous gentility. By the end of the nineteenth century, realism had displaced idealism as the dominant approach in thought and the arts. During the next two decades, however, a new modernist sensibility challenged the fact-devouring emphasis of realism: "Is it not time," one critic asked, "that we renounce the heresy that it is the function of art to record a fact?" Shi examines why so many Americans answered yes to this question, under influences ranging from psychoanalysis to the First World War. Nuanced, detailed, and comprehensive, Facing Facts provides the definitive account of the realist phenomenon, revealing its essential causes, explaining why it played so great a role in American cultural history, and suggesting why it retains its perennial fascination Geschichte 1850-1920 gnd rswk-swf Realisme (beeldende kunst) gtt Realisme (letterkunde) gtt Réalisme Realism Realismus (DE-588)4048680-1 gnd rswk-swf Geistesleben (DE-588)4274490-8 gnd rswk-swf Naturalismus (DE-588)4041365-2 gnd rswk-swf Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 gnd rswk-swf États-Unis - Civilisation - 1783-1865 États-Unis - Civilisation - 1865-1918 États-Unis - Vie intellectuelle - 1783-1865 États-Unis - Vie intellectuelle - 1865-1918 USA United States Civilization 1783-1865 United States Civilization 1865-1918 United States Intellectual life 1783-1865 United States Intellectual life 1865-1918 USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 s Realismus (DE-588)4048680-1 s Geschichte 1850-1920 z DE-604 Geistesleben (DE-588)4274490-8 s Naturalismus (DE-588)4041365-2 s |
| spellingShingle | Shi, David E. Facing facts realism in American thought and culture, 1850 - 1920 Realisme (beeldende kunst) gtt Realisme (letterkunde) gtt Réalisme Realism Realismus (DE-588)4048680-1 gnd Geistesleben (DE-588)4274490-8 gnd Naturalismus (DE-588)4041365-2 gnd Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 gnd |
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| title | Facing facts realism in American thought and culture, 1850 - 1920 |
| title_auth | Facing facts realism in American thought and culture, 1850 - 1920 |
| title_exact_search | Facing facts realism in American thought and culture, 1850 - 1920 |
| title_full | Facing facts realism in American thought and culture, 1850 - 1920 David E. Shi |
| title_fullStr | Facing facts realism in American thought and culture, 1850 - 1920 David E. Shi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facing facts realism in American thought and culture, 1850 - 1920 David E. Shi |
| title_short | Facing facts |
| title_sort | facing facts realism in american thought and culture 1850 1920 |
| title_sub | realism in American thought and culture, 1850 - 1920 |
| topic | Realisme (beeldende kunst) gtt Realisme (letterkunde) gtt Réalisme Realism Realismus (DE-588)4048680-1 gnd Geistesleben (DE-588)4274490-8 gnd Naturalismus (DE-588)4041365-2 gnd Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 gnd |
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