The Bible was the foundation upon which puritan literature was built. ... The emergence of modern science and the scientific method had much to do with this new emphasis on reason. ... It had a strong influence on literature, music, and painting. ... Realistic novelists often relied on the emerging sciences of human and animal behavior-biology, psychology, and sociology-as well as on their own insights and observations. ... This movement called for something totally new and outrageous a bold experimentation and a sweeping rejection of all traditional themes and styles. ...

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