The local color writer paints a picture of a particular area or period by using
picturesque characteristics or peculiarities. Its purpose is to capture a feeling and evoke that
feeling in the reader. The subject of the stories usually conveyed a theme of universality
through their characters and plot lines.
was a California local colorist.
His stories came from his firsthand knowledge of living around the mining camps while working on
newspaper articles. He saw the life styles of the miners and the women that were on the fringes
of their lives.
Self-educated, Harte drew from literary sources including the
Bible and the great English writers to serve as a guide and influence on his writing. His
writing brought the Gold Rush to the other half of the United States and possible enticed more
than his share of men searching for Eldorado.
performs as a perfect example
of local color. The men are caricatures of stereotypical men. The one woman in...
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