American realism was a late nineteenth-century literary movement that began as a reaction against romanticism and the sentimental tradition associated primarily with women writers. ... American realism was most commonly a feature of narrative fiction such as in the works of Stephen Crane, although authors occasionally applied its themes and literary techniques to poetry and drama as Stephen Foster did. ... Crane is a well noted realist author, short story writer, and poet. ... Viewed as a reaction to romanticism, literary realism is written from an objective perspective that simply and clear...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay analyses the main characteristics of American Neoclassicism and Romanticism that are the most strongly present in Irving's Sketch Book as well as the contributions of Irving to American Literature. ... He goes on to name various authors and a fact that distinguish them from the rest. ... However, Irving mastered the act of merging the objective point of view with the subjective point of view, used during the Romanticism. ... He states, "I consider this mutability of language a wise precaution of Providence for the benefit of the world at large, and of authors in particular" (1...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate