... literature, the American tradition emerged somewhat later in the century and employed slightly different conventions than its continental counterpart. The realism movement climaxed during the Civil War, a time of harsh realities and cynical views. American realism was most commonly a feature of narrative fiction such as in the works of ... to him: bitterly real. Crane is a well noted realist author, short story writer, and poet. He wrote many short stories devoted to the Civil War, as he identified with the "sorrowful tones of the soldiers and their families" (Kinsella 485). His realism...

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