... and imagination of the writer/poet, the Realists wanted to de-emphasize the contribution of the writer and thought writers should "objectively" see contemporary life as the material for their writing. They attempted to keep themselves as writers from coming between the reader and the life they presented in their art. Also, the age of the Romantics valued the details of ... is through him and his personal fortunes that the features of that environment are revealed. We do not find this typification of characters in non-realist works. Realism is a distinct creative method that made possibl...

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... artistic sphere from the bourgeoisie; whether the French Salon for the anarchists or the passéist traditionalism in Italy, both movements aimed at the reintegration of art into a dynamic, creative relationship with both politics and society. Peter Burger argues that this process of dismantling the institutionalised 'art for art's sake' is the defining characteristic of the avant-garde in the ... foundation of the Fascist party, but he did not for long occupy an important part in it"52. Benedetto Croce asserts Fascism can be seen as a distortion of Futurist politics, writing in 1924 tha...

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