Realism and the Drama of Reference Fred Thompson John Peisley

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Realism and the Drama of Reference Fred Thompson John PeisleyThis book brings the problem of reference how language discloses the world into contemporary critical debates about representation, and explores the potential of reference in the work of three authors in the realistic tradition: Balzac, Flaubert, and James. 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