In his new book, Walker offers a radical reassessment of the German realist novel in the nineteenth century. Especially in the English- speaking world, German narrative realism has persistently been interpreted as the literary expression of an 'ideology of the aesthetic'. The German realist novel is alleged to reflect philosophical idealism: to reject the 'prose' of modern society in favour of the 'poetry' of the inner aesthetic life. This book challenges that received view. Walker argues that German narrative realism should be read not only in relation to, but in crucial respects against,...
In his new book, Walker offers a radical reassessment of the German realist novel in the nineteenth century. Especially in the English- speaking world...
