American literature

Regionalism & local

color writers
Dimitra Pazaiti
Hany Pavlík
What is
Regionalis
Regionalism is a strong feeling of pride or

m
loyalty that people in a region have for that
region, often including a desire to govern
themselves.
- Collins Dictionary

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

Painting by Grant Wood
 Historical
context
● Regionalism in politics
● Historical context, influences
● Parallel movements & connection to
Realism
● Regionalism in literature, what is local
color (spoiler: the term does not refer to
Gas African American writers)
Painting by Edward Hopper

On the Porch
Painting by John Steuart Curry
 Regionalism in
art
Baptism in Kansas
Painting by John Steuart Curry

Spring Shower
Painting by John Steuart Curry
 Regionalis
m in art

Stone City, Iowa

Painting by Grant Wood

Death on the Ridge Road

Painting by Grant Wood
 Regionalis
m in
Willa Cather
literature
● born in Virginia in 1873
● family, childhood, studies
● career, writing
● died in 1947 at the age 74 years
● most famous novels

“that is happiness; to be dissolved into something

complete and great.”
 Regionalis
m in
Edgar Lee
literature
Masters
● American attorney, poet, biographer and dramatist
● *1868-August Garnett (Kansas)
● 2 children (daugher+son)
● Dexter Wallace Poems
● Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays,
Songs and Satires, The Great Valley Spoon River Anthology Quotes
● † 81y.o on March 5, 1950 Pennsylvania
“Back of every soldier is a woman.”
● "To-morrow is My Birthday" - Epitaph
“It takes life to love life.”
 Regionalis
m in
Sherwood
literature
Anderson
● American novelist, short story writer
● 1912 - nervous breakdown
● Parents (Emma/Irwin), 3 kids
● Winesburg
● Dark Laughter
“Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.”
● † March 8th of 1941, at the age of 64 “I am a lover and have not found my thing to love.”
“Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples.”
 Regionalis
m in
Sarah Orne Jewett
literature
● American novelist, short story writer and poet (local color)
● Born in South Berwick
● Graduated in 1866 at Berwick Academy
● Her father was doctor / she had rheumatoid arthritis
● The Country of the Pointed Firs

● † June 24th of 1909 - aged 59, South Berwick

“Tact is after all a kind of mind-reading.”
“Find your quiet center of life and write from that to the world.”
Epilogu
e
To do common things perfectly
is far better worth our endeavor
than to do uncommon things
respectably.
— Harriet Beecher Stowe, a regionalist and
abolitionist, from: American Woman's Home
Thank you for your attention