... world." ( Bits of Gossip) These are the first words written by Rebecca Harding Davis in her autobiography. Davis was an American author and journalist and was a pioneer of American Realism and one of the most influential writers in the 19th century. Rebecca Harding Davis was born June 24, 1831, in Washington, Pennsylvania. She was the eldest daughter of Richard W. ... framed the Civil War in its true perspective, which grasped what was really happening at the time. American literacy realism was almost unknown until Davis's literature. She paved the path for future writers and for those w...

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