Realism: Twain, James and Howells
REALISM IN THE WORK OF TWAIN, JAMES AND HOWELLS The objective of this work is to research and examine the period of literary history as to the major historical events, overall themes, and innovative forms of writing. The three authors chosen for this work Mark Twain, William Howells, and Henry James in the initiative of researching their lives as well as their writing styles in order to discover why they are considered to be the 'best examples' of authors and literature from that specific period of literature. Great literary works that arose from the middle-class sector of American society during the period referred to as 'realism' gained affluence for the middle-class as talented writers such as Mark Twain, James Henry and William Dean Howells let their voice be heard through literature that was "an actual representation" of the American society in fictional, yet realistic literature of that time period. Literature written between the period of time beginning at the start of the Civil War until the turn of the century is referred to as 'realism'. This time period was characterized by "rapid growth in democracy and literature as well as in
We could not suffer the confidential attitude of the latter now, nor the mannerism of the former, any more than we could endure the prolixity of Richardson or the coarseness of Fielding. Twain's stories are inclusive of great reflection of life in the south before the Civil War and the social realities of that time are woven throughout the stories bringing to light certain injustices in the world while at the same time providing idyllic imagery of the characters and the setting of the stories. from poststructuralist and psychoanalytic appropriations and brought back into the family. He is best known for his work entitled: "The Adventure of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" which is a tale of a boy and his friends in their life along the Mississippi which is a wonderfully realistic tale of fiction in which the characters are realistic to the time period and the area as well as the way of life along the Mississippi River. (Trachtenberg, 2006) In the view of Howells "few writers could hope for economic independence from their writing alone. Inclusive in the work of James are deceptive sexual as well as financial agendas as these elements impacted society. " (American Realism 1865 -1890)I. These great men are of the past-they and their methods and interests; even Trollope and Reade are not of the present.
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American Realism,
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Civil War,
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Direction Field,
Huckleberry Finn,
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trachtenberg 2006,
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henry james,
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entitled direction field,
story huckleberry finn,
trachtenberg 2006 paraphrased,
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