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| 1860 - 1940 Like many Chicago authors, Hamlin Garland was concerned with portraying social and economic hardship in his work. But rather than digging up the gritty lives of the urban poor, Garland wrote about the harsh realities of his rural heritage. His parents were pioneer farmers and he was raised in Wisconsin, Iowa, and South Dakota. He began his writing career under the direction of novelist William Dean Howells, whom he met while teaching in Boston. In "Crumbling Idols: Twelve Essays on Art Dealing Chiefly with Literature, Painting, and the Drama," Garland set out his artistic theory of "veritism" - literary realism dedicated to the populist cause. His early works followed this theory, but later he began to write in a more romantic and adventurous vein. Selected Works:
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