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The time period where Realism was most popular was 1880-1914. It was the time when the United States became an industrialized nation. Three traits that Realist authors focused on in there writings were ordinary characters and events and seeking to reflect life as it really was.

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The Industrial Revolution was a time when technological advances started an era of large industrial growth. New inventions such as automobiles, airplanes, and skyscrapers began to emerge from this era. This impacted Realism because it created social problems in cities and writers would reflect insights of modern psychology when writing about human behavior.

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Regionalism was a type of writing in which an author would describe a specific location and it's people. The experience of reading a regional piece would be very vivid in ones mind. The relation to Realism is that when a person reads a regional paper the person will feeling as those they were there, none of the writing is fiction. The main focus for the writers is to make sure they are incorporating how people in the location act and interact with each other. The writers also have to keep in mind to paint a vivid picture in the readers mind.

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The Civil War had an effect on the literary time period because it caused immigrants to pour into the United States and this led to realist authors focusing on the different races in certain areas and writing about everyday life in particular settings.

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Naturalism was inspired by the work of Charles Darwin of natural selection. Naturalist's focus is to seek the truth no matter how dark or grim it turns out to be. Both Naturalism and Realism seek the truth and real events that could potentially happen to the reader.

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The Progressive Era was a time period where reformers called progressives tried fixing the social and political problems that were created by the uncontrolled industrialism. Reforms were made to fix problems like monopolies, unregulated bank, poor working conditions and hours, and unprotected wages. This affected the literary works of this time period because it influenced writers known as naturalists to write about social problems.

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Mark Twain is famous for writing the novel Huckleberry Finn. This novel was significant because it is known to be an inspiring story about how both white and African American people worked together to find freedom.

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Henry James is famous for writing  The American. This is a novel that is about a wealthy businessman that travels to Europe to find a wife. It is important because it showed Europeans view on American people.

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Realism and Romanticism both have a fascination with nature. Both dislike the idea of technological advances. Romanticism is more spiritual and an escape from reality, while Realism is based on real events facing the ugly truth.
Both have emotions behind them.

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Howells is famous for writing the novel The Rise of Silas Lapham.  It is about a businessman and how his morals rise while his prosperity declines.