Download or read book Realism and the Drama of Reference written by Meili Steele and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steele brings the problem of reference into contemporary critical debates about representation. 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 becomes only one kind of referential practice.