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  2. American literary regionalism - Wikipedia

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    Any literary movement will have its diversity, but there are certain shared characteristics that help to define a literary movement. In the case of regionalism, these characteristics include the following: [5] A focus on the setting of the story, often to such a degree that it appears little else happens beyond description of the setting and ...

  3. Rural poverty - Wikipedia

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    Rural poverty refers to situations where people living in non-urban regions are in a state or condition of lacking the financial resources and essentials for living. It takes account of factors of rural society, rural economy, and political systems that give rise to the marginalization and economic disadvantage found there. [1]

  4. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  5. Rural area - Wikipedia

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    These challenges often create rural-urban income disparities. [20] Rural spaces add new challenges for economic analysis that require an understanding of economic geography: for example understanding of size and spatial distribution of production and household units and interregional trade, [21] land use, [22] and how low population density ...

  6. Rural American history - Wikipedia

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    The rural population is defined by size of place under 2500 and includes non-farmers living in villages and the open countryside. At the first census in 1790, the rural population was 3.7 million and urban only 202,000. The nation was 95% rural, and the great majority of rural residents were subsistence farmers.

  7. British regional literature - Wikipedia

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    In literature regionalism refers to fiction or poetry that focuses on specific features, such as dialect, customs, history, and landscape, of a particular region (also called "local colour"). The setting is particularly important in regional literature and the "locale is likely to be rural and/or provincial."

  8. Today's Wordle Hint, Answer for #1272 on Thursday, December ...

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    Today's Wordle Answer for #1272 on Thursday, December 12, 2024. Today's Wordle answer on Thursday, December 12, 2024, is VYING. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.

  9. Urban sociology - Wikipedia

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    Urban sociology is the sociological study of cities and urban life. One of the field’s oldest sub-disciplines, urban sociology studies and examines the social, historical, political, cultural, economic, and environmental forces that have shaped urban environments.