Thomas BaisMs. HealyEnglish CP 11April 12, 2014Literary Movement Explanatory EssayDictionary.com defines the literary movement called regionalism, as "the theory or practice of emphasizing the regional characteristics of a place or setting, with emphasis on local discourse. The regionalist movement emerged after the Civil War and in the 19th century. It was a movement that emphasized the characters, dialect, customs and landscape of a particular region. Writers of this period moved away from normal settings and focused on distant lands containing an exotic or interesting setting. The literary works of this period were very descriptive and the writings greatly highlighted the environment of a certain region. The literary work titled “The Mountain” by Robert Frost is an excellent example of regionalist writing. It illustrates the ideas of the description of the setting and highlights the characters of this village setting. The regionalism literary movement emphasized that each region had something special about it that was worth writing about. Never mind...