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Lit. unit 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a concern with faithfully depicting subject matter or representing real life accurately in literature | realism |
| sketches and short stories portraying the life of a particular geographical location; rich in picturesque details of scenery, costoms and dialect | local color writting |
| a basket of strawberries with peaches on a stone ledge | william hammer |
| Ben-Hur | lew wallace |
| soldier, lawyer, statesman, and historical novelist; 1st writting "the fair god" | lew wallace |
| the boom in the calaveras clarion | bret harte |
| first prose writer after the civil war to gain popularity with his famous stories of the west; "american dickens" | bret harte |
| still life (painting) | frank benson |
| good use of blue and orange complementary colors | benson's "still life" |
| the hoosier school-master | edward eggleston |
| clergyman/novelist from indiana; "the circuit rider" | edward eggleston |
| writing table (painting) | wm. michael harnett |
| uncle remus | joel chandler harris |
| a view of life which emphasizes a detatched scientific and photographic accuracy which includes everything and selects nothing | naturalism |
| under the lions paw | hamlin garland |
| a village singer | mary freeman |
| his realism "veritism"; writings bitter and pesimistic; followed Howell; "main travelled roads"; wrote about west and midwest | hamlin garland |
| New england local color writer; "a humble romance" "a New england nun" | mary wilkens freeman |
| Georgia; journalist, fiction writer; color writer; "brer rabbit" | joel chandler harris |
| old models (painting) | william michael harnett |