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Regional Writers During the post-Civil War era writers from all regions of the country emerged. The writers all generated stories in respect to their region of the country, that incorporated local values and characteristics. Many of the authors use some of the same themes, such as irony. Mary Wilkes Freeman writes with irony in "A New England Nun" and Kate Chopin uses irony in "Desiree's Baby." Freeman is from a small town in Massachusetts and …

…to make a break through and the work of many was becoming published around the same time. Irony is found in these two stories, written by two different women in two different parts of the country, used in two different ways. Localism is also important to these writers and is used by both along with irony. The post-Civil War era produced a great deal of good literature written in various styles, yet with many similarities.