... ; any view or system contrasted with idealism."" In literature, realism is an approach that attempts to describe life without idealization or romantic subjectivity. It is most often associated with the literary movement arising in France during the nineteenth century; primarily, it is a reaction against Romanticism's idealism and subjectivity. The French writer Gustave Flaubert and Leo Tolstoy from Russia are examples ... . Believing that civilization corrupts us, Romantics generally set their novels outside of cities, in idealized locations in nature. Many times they include images of th...

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... ; any view or system contrasted with idealism." In literature, realism is an approach that attempts to describe life without idealization or romantic subjectivity. It is most often associated with the literary movement arising in France during the nineteenth century; primarily, it is a reaction against Romanticism's idealism ad subjectivity. The French writer Gustave Flaubert and Leo Tolstoy from Russia are examples ... . Believing that civilization corrupts us, Romantics generally set their novels outside of cities, in idealized locations in nature. Many times they include images of the ...

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