HIST 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: James Abbott Mcneill Whistler, Daniel Burnham, Henry Hobson Richardson
Document Summary
American writers and artists responded in diverse ways to industrialization and urban problems. Many romantic novels began popular works of literature. Bret harte - depicted life in the rough mining camps of the west. Mark twain became the first great realist author. Younger generation known for their naturalism, which described how emotions and experience shaped human experience. Social sciences pre-civil war- romantic novels w/ ideal characters. Post-civil war- bret harte, mark twain(samuel l. clemens) realist authors. The adventures of huckleberry finn(1884) depicted greed, violence, and rampant racism and sucking. 1890s- next-gen authors pioneer naturalism (i. e how emotions + exp shape human experience) Stephen crane- maggie: a girl of the streets (1893)-brutal urban environments. Red badge of courage-about fear and human nature; died of tuberculosis at 29. Jack london- the call of the wild(1903)- civilization vs. nature. Sister carrie(1900)by theodore dreiser shocked moral sensibilities. Thomas eakin- depicted lives of the working-class and surgical scenes.
