Contents ix
William Dean Howells 456
(1837 – 1920)
Editha 458
From Criticism and Fiction 568
Henry James 483
(1843 – 1916)
Daisy Miller: A Study 485
The Real Thing 524
The Beast in the Jungle 541
The Turn of the Screw 571
The Art of Fiction 642
Ambrose Bierce 657
(1842 – 1914)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 658
Charlotte Perkins Gilman 664
(1860 – 1935)
The Yellow Wall-Paper 667
Kate Chopin 678
(1851 – 1940)
The Awakening 679
Stephen Crane 771
(1871 – 1900)
Black riders came from the sea 772
In the desert 772
A god in wrath 773
I saw a man pursuing the horizon 773
Supposing that I should have the courage 773
On the horizon the peaks assembled 774
A man geared that he might find an assassin 774
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind 774