Friday, August 31, 2012

American Realism: A Dose of Reality

McTeague by Frank NorrisAbeBooks: American Realism: A Dose of Reality: The American Realism cultural movement began to catch on after the American Civil War and was a reaction to, and rejection of, Romanticism. Driven by the desire to depict the enormous industrial, economic, social and cultural changes taking place in the United States during the early years of the 20th century period, artists, writers and musicians exchanged fantasy for reality. Readers were presented with a host of literature that detailed everyday life in America, including some of its harshest aspects.

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