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
1. Historical Background oo Politics dominated the revolutionary phase of American writing The crisis in American life carried by the Revolution made artists self-conscious about American subjects o The spiritual life in the colonies during that period was molded by the bourgeois Enlightenment
Do Children Learn By Imitation? Stages of first language learning a. one word Apple. (I would like to have an apple. This is an apple.) b. two words Daddy, apple. C. more words Doggy sit here