American Literature
the local character of their regions. They tended to idealize and glorify, but they never forgot to keep an eye on the truthful color of local life. They
formed an important part of the realistic movement. Influences: Although it lost its momentum toward the end of the nineteenth century, the local
spirit continued to inspire and fertilize the imagination of authors such as Willa Cather, John Steinbeck and William Faulkner.Mark Twain is a
representative.
Bret Harte (18361902), American author, essayist, humorist, and critic wrote The Luck of Roaring Camp (1870), one of his first and most
successful works. Francis Brett Harte was born on 25 August 1836 in Albany, New York, the son of a teacher, Henry Harte and his wife Elizabeth
Ostrander. Young Frank was frail as a child due to ill health, and the family moved often on account of his father's profession in seasonal teaching
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