The Cambridge Introduction to American Literary Realism by 1865-1877: Period of Reconstruction
1865 - 1913: Industrialization and Increase in Immigration
1865: Mark Twain's "Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
1868: Louisa May Alcott's Little Women
1869: Ulysses S. Grant becomes President
1870: The Fifteenth Amendment ratified
1871: Chicago Fire
1873: Mark Twain and C. D. Warner publish the novel The Gilded Age
1875: civil rights act of 1875 passed prohibited segregation and racial discrimination in public places and facilities such as restaurants and public transportation
1876: Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone / Mark Twain writes The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1877: RECONSTRUCTION ENDS / Rutherford Hayes becomes president / Jim Crow era
1878: Daisy Miller by Henry James / Thomas Edison patents the photograph.
1881: Henry James', Portrait of a Lady
1884: Mark Twain writes Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1890: Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Realism Literature portrays characters, settings, and people in a realistic manner. Stories during this time period relied heavily on truthful events rather than embellishing. The characters spoke true dialect, settings portrayed real places, and the stories were based on reality of ordinary people.
Mark Twain Project
The Mark Twain Project offers access to writings of Mark Twain including letters, texts, and documents.
"Chapter 5: Late Nineteenth Century and Realism"
"PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide".
American Realism: A Webliography and E-Anthology
This literary text set explores American Realism, a literary and artistic movement that emerged in the late 19th century aimed at showing the real experiences of people in their everyday lives.
Realism in American Literature, 1860-1890
Mark Twain in His Times is a visual and interactive website that includes information on Mark Twain's his life and his works.
Emily. Realism in American Literature: Video Lesson. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8MfGFnfVa4. Accessed 30 May 2022.
