Chapter XXI [American and old world novelists] 925
Chapter XXIV [The prudishness of the anglo-saxon novel] 927
Editha 930
HENRY JAMES (1843-1916) 939
The real thing 942
The beast in the jungle 959
The jolly corner 988
The art of fiction 1010
BRET HARTE (1836-1902) 1024
The society upon the sstanislaus 1025
The outcasts of poker flat 1026
THE TURN OF THE CENTURY: 1890-1910
HENRY ADAMS (1838-1918) 1033
The education of henry adams
The dynamo and the virgin 1035
STEPHEN CRANE (1871-1900) 1042
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind 1044
the wayfarer 1045
a man said to the universe 1045
the trees in the garden rained flowers 1045
the open boat 1046
THEODORE DREISER (1871-1945) 1062
The second choice 1064
The twentieth century:
Literary renaissance and social challenge 1077
NEW DIRECTIONS: THE EARLIER GENERATION
EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON (1869-19352) 1083
Luke Havergal 1085
Richard Cory 1086
Miniver Cheevy 1086
Leonora 1087
Bewick Finzer 1088
Cassandra 1088
Old king cole 1089
Mr. Flood's party 1091
The mill 1092
Firelight 1093
The tree in Pamela's garden 1093
New England 1094