Reading the American Novel 1865 - 1914An indispensable tool for teachers and students of American literature, Reading the American Novel 1865-1914 provides a comprehensive introduction to the American novel in the post-civil war period.
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Contents
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Definitions and Contexts | 25 |
American Quiet Realism | 41 |
Definitions and Backgrounds | 55 |
Implacable Nature Household Tragedy and Epic Romance | 73 |
The Beast Within | 91 |
Theodore Dreiser and Urban Naturalism | 109 |
Marriage Insanity and Suicide | 195 |
Edith Wharton and the Collapse of Gentility | 217 |
Henry James and The Psychopathology of Everyday Life | 237 |
W D Howells | 263 |
Genteel Critics and Militant Muckrakers | 285 |
What Is An American? Regionalism and Race | 301 |
Emerging African American Voices | 325 |
War Reconstruction | 345 |
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