MajorWritersinthePeriodofRealismHarrietBeecherStowe(1811-1896)UncleTom'sCabinhumanizedslaverybytellingthestoryofindividualsandfamilies.Harrietportrayedthephysical,sexual,andemotionalabuseenduredbyenslavedpeople.EspeciallybycreatingEliza,shehopedtoconveytootherstheterrorthefugitiveslavemotherwouldfeelandhowterribleitwouldbeforaslavemothertoloseachildbecausethechildwassold.ThesuccessofUncleTom’sCabinreflectedtheideathatslaveryintheUnitedStates,thenationthatpurportedlyembodieddemocracyandequalityforall,wasaninjusticeofcolossalproportions.MarkTwain(1835-1910)LiteraryStatusleadingfigureoflocalcolorism/languagereformerofEnglishnovelNovelist,humorist,lecturer,journalist,literaryandculturalcriticmonumentalfigureinthedevelopmentofwesternnovelHisWorks:TheGildedAge:ATaleofToday(1873)TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876)LifeontheMississippi(1883)TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1884)InfluenceofMarkTwainO.Henry(1862-1910)PseudonymofWilliamSidneyPorterAmonghismostfamousstoriesare:"TheGiftoftheMagi""TheCopandtheAnthem"TheodoreDreiser(1871-1945)Status:thepredominantnaturalisticnovelistfromaGerman-speakingfamilymajorworksSisterCarrie(1900)AnAmericanTragedy(1925)MajorfeaturesSisterCarriewasnotsatisfiedwiththecountrylifeofWisconsin,andthe18yearsoldgirlwenttoChicagotolookforabetterlife.OnthetrainshemetwithCharlesDuet,whowasatravelingsalesmanandwasattractedtoCarrieforherbeauty.Shestayedwithhissister,andfoundajobinshoefactory,shewasshockedbytheharshconditionsoftheenvironmentofthefactoryandthehardphysicalwork.DruetthenaskedSisterCarrietomoveinhishouseandtookherasamistress.Druet’sfriend,GeorgeHurstwood,wasunhappywithhiswifeandchildrenandalsowasattractedbysisterCarrie’sbeauty.AftertheaffairwasdiscoveredbyHurstwood’swife,heforcedSisterCarrietorunawaywithhimwiththestolenmoney.TheyelopedtoCanadathenmovedtoNewYork.AtfirsttheycouldmaintainsomestandardoflifewhichSisterCarriewassatisfied.DuetothearroganceHurstwoodcouldnotfindanyjobwhichsuitedhim.AtthesametimeSisterCarriegraduallyfo