... 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 Stephen Crane, although authors occasionally applied its themes and literary techniques to poetry and drama as Stephen Foster did. Stephen Crane was America's first realistic writer who exposed the realities of war and other ... writers Stephen Crane and Stephen Foster addressed social, economic, and political concerns through their depictions of various aspects of life during that time, and they strove to accurately represent contemporary cul...

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Anne Tyler Well-known contemporary novelist and short story writer, Anne Tyler, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1941 to Lloyd, an industrial chemist, and Phyllis Tyler, a social worker. Soon after her birth, her family ... , although now widowed, and where many of her novels and short stories are set, especially Baltimore's Roland Park-the "epitome of upper-middle class waspdom in all its glory" (DISCovering Authors). Most of Tyler's time in Baltimore has been spent raising her two daughters, running her household, and publishing twelve more novels, a children's book, numerous short sto...

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