PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V
PERIOD 1
THE CLOSING EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER
I. PRELIMINARY . . . 3
II. THE REVOLUTION . . . 13
III. PHILIP FRENEAU . . . . 28
IV. THE YALE POETS . . . . 44
V. THE FIN DE SIECLE. . . . 69
VI. THE FIGHT FOR THE NOVEL . . . 81
VII. CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN . . . 96
VIII. "THE BOSTON STYLE" . . . .107
IX. TRAVELERS AND EMIGRES . . . 125
X. THE EMERGING WEST . . . . 146
XI. THE OPENING CENTURY . . . 166
XII. RISE OF THE REVIEWS . . . 182
XIII. THE PERIODICAL ESSAY . . . 206
XIV. THE BEGINNINGS OF NATIVE HUMOR . . . 213
XV. NEW YORK . . . . 230
XVI. THE LITERARY SOUTH . . . .247