The themes found in the writings by authors during the Gilded Age are still prevalent in writings of the twenty-first century. The Gilded Age, a term used to describe a period of economic boom after the American Civil War at the turn of the century, influenced communication to readers by using the ethos unearthed by writers who were opposed to a particular politician and their policies. The Gilded Age was a time of rapid economic growth through the invention of the railroad and business. What looked like a golden time was an era of great growing pains in America between the industrial worker and the wealthy business owner. What the Gilded Age symbolized in both life and writing has become a model of writing that extended to current literature. American writers contributed to a great body of literature that flourished during the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age was a time of rapid economic growth through the invention of the railroad and business. Literature was used as a social revolt that violated the growing power of business and growing government corruption that outlined the utopias of the inefficiency of a capitalistic system. Within genres of writing such as Poetry, the later nineteenth century, and early years of the twentieth century were a poor period for American poetry providing themes of distress, doubts, and fears about American life. Within the genres of writing, newspaper writing played a crucial role in exposing scandals, the pathos of the American Dream, and the logos or persuasion by using the trials of society. Writing was a powerful communication tool during the Gilded Age that allowed writers to target events during this era. Newspaper writing was important to communicating prominent issues to the public, as it upheld ideals to question government and keep it accountable. However, the Gilded Age writings helped to permanently etch in the minds of readers the importance of themes that were prevalent post-Civil War that impacted the writing and writers of American Literature.
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American Literature, Gilded Age, Writing, Journalism, Civil War, Newspapers
Gilded Age | A period of Economic Boom After the American Civil War at the Turn of the Century |
Genre | A class or Category of Artistic Endeavor Having a Particular Form, Content, or Technique |
Industrialization | The Period of Social and Economic Change That Transforms a Human Group |
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Department of English, Seton Hall University, South Orange, U.S.A
Biography: Cristina Guarneri is an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University, English Department. She completed her Ed.D. in Education from Seton Hall University in 2009, and her M.A. in Creative Writing and English in 2018. Dr. Guarneri received her M.F.A. in Creative Writing and English, with a Certification in Professional Writing in 2021 from Southern New Hampshire University in 2018. She has provided writing seminars and workshops throughout the Tri-State area. Recognized for her exceptional contributions to writing eighteenth-century British Literature, Dr. Guarneri has spoken on national radio, speaking in the top 30 radio market. Dr. Guarneri continues to work on various writing projects. She is the author of several books, including children's, fiction, and non-fiction works.
Research Fields: The Gilded Age, Pandemic Writing, Power of Words, Socioeconomics in British Literature, Victorian Novel Realism, Journalism.
