Evasions & Response: Lectures on the American Novel, 1890-1930 |
Contents
AMERICAN LITERATURE AND THE MODERN | 3 |
REALISM AND NATURALISM IN AMERICAN | 14 |
THE NEW AESTHETICS | 25 |
Copyright | |
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