What is Realism? (Modernism 2)

Realism as a mode of artistic expression is often associated with 20th century modernism but actually began before the 19th century was over. Learn about the philosophy that underlay the movement characterized by precise, observable details and lack of Romanticism.

This is video 2 in my series on Modernism. Featured in this video: Dickens, Tolstoy, Rosa Bonheur, Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Gustave Courbet, Grant Wood's "American Gothic," Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Odets' Waiting for Lefty, Sinclair Lewis' Main Street, Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Richard Wright, Claude McKay's "If We Must Die," King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, The Bicycle Thief, and Look Back in Anger.

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