RealismWeek5
Realism(1865-1910)CivilWar(1861-1865)13thAmendmentIndustrialismExpansionofFederalGovernmentConnectionsPopulationdoubled(1870-1890)4,000millionaires
RealismCharacteristicsWomendominateliteratureNewYorkreplacesBostonMiddle-classandJournalistic“Portraylifeasitreallyis”Naturalism
EmilyDickinson(1830-1886)
EmilyDickinsonBiographyBorninAmherst,MassachusettsCloseknitfamily(sisterandherlivedathome;nevermarried)SeldomleftAmherst1862–RecluselittleformaleducationLovedtheBront?Sisters
EmilyDickinsonBiographyStudiedtheBible,butdidn’tbelieveitManymaletutorsCivilWardidn’taffectherPoemsdiscoveredafterherdeath
DickinsonStylePoetryinburstsSingleimage,orsymbolThemesNatureLoveandloversMortalityandimmortalitySuccessandfailure
WaltWhitman(1819-1892)
WaltWhitmanBorninBrooklyn,NYSchoolteacher,printer’sapprentice,EditorLittleschoolingReadEmersonDismissedfromjobin1848forslaveryidealsTravelsandwritesFamecomesin1855-LeavesofGrass
Whitman’sStyleFree-verse-nofixedbeatorregularrhymescheme“Thevoiceofdemocracyshouldnotbehalteredbytraditionalformsofverse.”
HarrietBeecherStowe(1811-1896)
HarrietBeecherStoweFamilyofpreachersandteachersBeganschoolin1816Joinedhersisteratherschoolin1824-HartfordFemaleSeminaryMovestoCincinnatiin1832Beginswritingformagazines-1830s1836-MarriesCalvinEllisStowe-wellrenownprofessor4of7kidsin4years
UncleTom’sCabinHadlivedandhadcontactwithmanyslaveownersandrunawayslavesHusbandbecameaprofessoratBowdoinCollegeBeginstowriteUncleTom’sCabin-1851PublishedseriallyonJune5th,1851(abolitionistnewspaper)
UncleTom’sCabin-PlotMr.Shelby-plantationownerSlaveDealer-HaleyUncleTom,Eliza,GeorgeHarris,Harry-slavesGeorgevowsrevengeElizaandHarryfleeUncleTomresignshimself-anklesshackledMarksandLoker-slavehuntersGeorgeHarrisescapes(whiteenoughtobea