What purpose do historical context and universal themes serve in nineteenth-century american literature? !

Historical context and universal themes serve a huge purpose in the nineteenth-century american literature. the historical context of the books us today by showing us parts of people's lives. it shows us their dialect, so how they talked back then. it also showes us to they handles certain situations and how they coped with everything. most importantly i think, it shows us our wrongdoings, what happened in the past that no one was proud of. it reminds us of how life was in "the good 'ole days." universal theme also served a big purpose, and i think that was to kind of show us the 'social norms' of everyone's lives.