Realism, Form, and Representation in the Edwardian Novel

The real represents to my perception the things that we cannot possibly not know, sooner or later, in one way or another'', wrote Henry James in 1907. This description, riven with double negatives, hesitation, and uncertainty, encapsulates the epistemological difficulties of realism, for underlying its narrative and descriptive apparatus as an aesthetic mode lies a philosophical quandary. What gro...