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How did the Civil War influence the beginning of American realism?

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The Age of Realism came into existence after Romanticism with the Civil War. It is as a reaction against the lie of romanticism and sentimentalism.
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WITH PASS OF THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION FROM THE WAR AMERICANS WANTED TO ESCAPE INTO AN IDEAL WORLD
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