It was written during the realism period after the Civil War and in this novel Mark Twain satirizes romanticism, religious hypocrisy, and racism. ... Mark Twain wrote, "The men took their gun [to church] and kept them between their knees or stood them handily against the wall."... The most important issue during this time is racism, and Mark Twain was satirizing this issue when Huck argued to Jim about the Frenchmen and Jim said, "Is a Frenchman a man?...... Through Jim's voice, Mark Twain was saying isn't a black man a man? ... All these issues existed during this time, and when t...

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• Grade Level: High School

This new writing influence can be found in the works of William Bradford, who wrote OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION, and Anne Bradstreet, author of HERE FOLLOW SOME VERSES UPON THE BURNING OF OUR HOUSE, JULY 10, 1666. ... From this mixtures of outlooks came a very triumphant time in American life, encouraging writers such as Benjamin Franklin, author of his masterpiece, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. ... Influenced writers of this time include Washington Irving, author of RIP VAN WINKLE; Edgar Allan Poe, author of many masterpieces, such as THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, ELDORADO, ANNABEL LEE, TO HELEN, and THE R...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

America produced many renown authors during the age of American romanticism. ... Herman Melville admired Cooper's sea tales; Mark Twain questioned his knowledge of wilderness survival and ridiculed his handling of character and dialogue (Encarta.)" ... James Fenimore Cooper was an author, more importantly a romantic, whose tales have become bedtime stories, whose influence is still felt today. ...

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• Grade Level: High School