In Simpkinsville: Character Tales

Stuart has been characterized as belonging to the school of American local color writing that emphasizes regional characteristics in landscape, way of life, and language. Stuarts treatment of blacks forms a significant portion of her corpus and,MoreStuart has been characterized as belonging to the school of American local color writing that emphasizes regional characteristics in landscape, way of life, and language. Stuarts treatment of blacks forms a significant portion of her corpus and, if potentially troublesome today, contemporary critics acclaimed her as providing an authentic representation of African Americans. Her work is said to be of the same school as Kate Chopin.