American literary regionalism, often used interchangeably with the term "local color", is a
style or genre of writing in the United States that gained popularity in the mid-to-late 19th
century and early 20th century. In this style of writing, which includes both poetry and prose, the
.setting is particularly important and writers often emphasize specific features, such as dialect,
customs, history and landscape, of a particular region, often one that is "rural and/or
provincial". Regionalism is influenced by both 19th-century realism and Romanticism,
adhering to a fidelity of description in the narrative but also infusing the tale with exotic or
unfamiliar customs, objects, and people.
2. What does this type of writing adhere to?