Does an author's words shape a time period?

answers1: Are you talking about setting the mood in a book or other
writing? An effective writer does his research and uses grammar and
vernacular of the time period he/she is trying to define. <br>
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Otherwise, the time period the author lives in definitely shapes the
author's words. For example, Mark Twain's writing are controversial
in some circles for the language he uses describing black people. At
the time he wrote Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
and for the time period he was writing about, the language he used was
acceptable AND he was making a point. Not many authors would use that
type of language now.
answers2: It depends on why he is writing. <br>
She can shape a period if she is crusading for a cause; eg, 'Uncle
Tom's Cabin' versus slavery. <br>
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You could argue equally validly, however, that it was slavery which
motivated Harriet Beecher Stowe to write the book. <br>
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In socially conscious books , the problems exist first. <br>
I imagine in Dectective stories, Romances and Science fiction, then
the author shapes his setting at will. <br>
Historical novels and Biographies would be regulated by the times, however. <br>
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Consequently, your question, as it stands, is too broad to be answered
definitely.
answers3: What happens in a time period doesn't change just because an
author has written falsely about it. An author has creative license,
but not a license to create a tangential universe.