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“In Realism after the Individual, Walker offers an original and forceful reading of ‘second generation’ realists. For Walker, these authors approach realism as a flexible genre rife with unexpected potential for contesting an ideology of individualism that had come to seem ill-suited for a new age of incorporation and association. Transatlantic in its conceptual framing and invaluable for both teaching and research on these periods, this elegantly argued and necessary book will have wide appeal.” * Nathan Wolff, Tufts University * “Written with a verve and wit worthy of its subjects, Realism after the Individual delightfully upends what we thought we knew about the American novel. Casting plots of development to the winds, Walker’s array of oft-neglected realists scandalized readers with their fascinated trackings of unrepentantly desiring heroines amid a shifting social landscape and paved the way for American modernism in the process.” * Jennifer Fleissner, University of Chicago *

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Rafael Walker is associate professor of English at Baruch College, the City University of New York, where he is also affiliated with the Department of Black and Latino Studies and the Program in Women and Gender Studies. He is the editor of two critical editions, one of Nella Larsen’s Passing and the other of Kate Chopin’s work, titled The Awakening and Selected Stories.

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