Short Stories
Anthology of regional American short stories from 1880–1920 exploring identity, race, gender, and immigrant life across diverse voices.
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Anthology of regional American short stories from 1880–1920 exploring identity, race, gender, and immigrant life across diverse voices.
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The era between the Civil War and the end of World War I, marked by increasing nation-building, immigration, internal migration, and racial tension in the United States, saw the rise of local color literature that described through "lived experiences" the peculiarities of regional life. This anthology brings together works from every part of the country, written by men and women of many cultures, ethnicities, ideologies, and literary styles.
American Local Color Writing features such familia...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mild period courtship, engagements, and occasional sensual undertones
Violence & gore
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Brief references to racial conflict and frontier hardship
Profanity
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Mostly mild period language; little strong profanity
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Occasional period religious references and church life
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central focus on race, immigration, class, and American identity
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Post-slavery hardship, racism, and systemic suffering recur
Other
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