Modernism

“Adventure” by sherwood anderson,

“Birches” by Robert Frost

“Trainor, the Druggist” by Edgar Lee Mater

“America” by Claude Mckay

pick one question out of four qustions in the instuctions. I picked question 3

Please include quotations from the introduction, please let me know if you need the introduction page, I will scan it to you. Thanks

Again! This is question you are working on by using those fictions and poems sent to you.

3 In the section called “Modernism Abroad and On Native Grounds,” the editors say that “[m]any writers chose to identify themselves with the American scene and to root their work in specific regions” of the country (D: 17). Discuss at least three poems or short stories (fiction) by three different authors that chose to focus on a particular part of the United States. In your paper, you should show how these writers combine modernism and regionalism. Again, you may wish to use quotations from this introductory material, but you should also use quotations from the literature (poems or stories) themselves. (Note: Usually “specific regions” means parts of the U. S. away from urban literary centers–the West, Midwest, South, New England, etc.) This section includes many examples of writers who fit into this category (see D: 17).

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Trainor, the Druggist- Edgar Lee Masters

Literary modernism is a deliberate movement from traditional ways of writing while regionalism can be said to be a linguistic characteristic that is unique of a certain region in relation to the common standards of a country. These concepts have been deliberately brought into play in Edgar’s poem “Trainor, the Druggist” as the persona in a foolish manner tries to…..

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