Midwest literature
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Midwest literature includes the works of these writers:
- Mark Twain
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Ernest Hemingway
- T.S. Eliot
- Marilynne Robinson
- Robert Bly
Style
The Midwest literary style is less pretentious and more direct. Some of it has a sweetness to it, or an innocence. There is a health skepticism, like the "Show Me State" motto of Missouri.
Moral values are strong in much of Midwest literature, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald's early works.