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Teaching and Researching American Literature and American Realism in China 美国文学与美国现实主义在中国的教学与研究
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism Pub Date : 2019-09-26 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190642891.013.35
Yuping Wang
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Aesthetic Slippage in Realism and Naturalism 现实主义与自然主义的美学滑坡
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism Pub Date : 2019-09-26 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190642891.013.4
Anita J. Duneer
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Realist Temporalities and the Distant Past 现实主义的时间和遥远的过去
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism Pub Date : 2019-09-26 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190642891.013.20
Melanie V. Dawson
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The Politics of US Latino Literature and American Realism 美国拉丁文学的政治与美国现实主义
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism Pub Date : 2019-09-26 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190642891.013.14
R. J. Guerra
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Science and Aesthetics in American Realism 美国现实主义中的科学与美学
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism Pub Date : 2019-09-26 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190642891.013.19
A. Hebard
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Dwelling in American Realism 美国现实主义
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism Pub Date : 2019-09-26 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190642891.013.22
Elif S. Armbruster
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American Realism and Photography 美国现实主义与摄影
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism Pub Date : 2019-09-26 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190642891.013.31
A. Böger
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Realism and the Uses of Humor 现实主义与幽默的运用
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism Pub Date : 2019-09-26 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190642891.013.21
J. Bird
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Ghetto Realism—and Beyond 贫民窟的现实主义及其他
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism Pub Date : 2019-09-26 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190642891.013.12
Lori Harrison-Kahan
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Ethnic Caricature and the Comic Sensibility 民族漫画和喜剧感性
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism Pub Date : 2019-09-26 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190642891.013.9
J. Cole
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