he Background f American Realis o The fifty years between the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of the first World War o Changes in every aspect of American life o Industrialization and the urbanization ●“ The Gilded Age Tired of sentimental feelings of Romanticism o Interest in reality of life 2021/2212021/2/21 3 The Background of American Realism ⚫ The fifty years between the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of the First World War ⚫ Changes in every aspect of American life ⚫ Industrialization and the urbanization, ⚫ “The Gilded Age” ⚫ Tired of sentimental feelings of Romanticism ⚫ Interest in reality of life