Dlb 12: American Realists and Naturalists

by Donald Pizert, Earl N. Harbert, Donald Pizer

Americas Civil War not only brought to an end the transcendental idealism of the early nineteenth century, it also marked the beginning of an era of significant growth for a largely commercial and urban middle class. With an audience seeking works that rendered American life in the light of common day, writers of realistic and naturalistic fiction flourished-two distinct generations of writers, each generation sharing a similar set of assumptions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810311496
• ISBN13: 9780810311497
• Release Date: October 1982
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 4.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.7" x 11.3"