preface
part one
��the age of romanticism
��i washington irving(1783-1859)
����rip van winkle
��ii ralph waldo emerson (1803-1882)
����nature (viii prospects)
��iii nathaniel hawthorne (1804-1864)
����the scarlet letter (chapters 1, 17, and 18)
��iv walt whitman (1819-1892)
����song of myself (20, 30, 31, and 4g)
����i hear america singing
����i hear it was charged against me
����i saw in louisiana a live oak growing
����one's-self i sing
��part two
����the age of realism
��v mark twain (1835-1910)
����the adventures of huckleberry finn
����(chapters 16 and 31)
��vi henry james (1843-1916)
����the art of fiction (excerpt)
��vii o. henry (1862-1910)
����the gift of the magi
����the cop and the anthem
��viii theodore dreiser ( 1871- 1945)
����an american tragedy (book two: chapter 47)
part three modern american literature
��ix robert frost (1874-1963)
����mending wall
����the road not taken
����fire and ice
����dust of snow
����design
����stopping by woods on a snowy evening
x t. s. eliot (1888-1965)
����the love song of j. alfred prufrock
����tradition and the individual talent
xi m sinclair lewis (1885-1951)
����babbitt (chapters 9 and 25)
����eugene o'neill (1888-1953)
����the hairy ape (scenes 2, 3, and 8)
xii f. scott fitzgerald (1896-1940)
����the great gatsby (chapter 7)
xiv william faulkner (1897-1962)
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