A History of American Literature Since 1870

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	THE SECOND DISCOVERY OF AMERICA	3
II	THE LAUGHTER OF THE WEST	25
III	MARK TWAIN	45
IV	BRET HARTE	63
V	THE DISCOVERY OF PIKE COUNTY	83
VI	JOAQUIN MILLER	99
VII	THE TRANSITION POETS	116
VIII	RISE OF THE NATURE WRITERS	137
IX	WALT WHITMAN	163
X	THE CLASSICAL REACTION	186
XI	RECORDERS OF THE NEW ENGLAND DECLINE	220
XII	THE NEW ROMANCE	244
XIII	LATER POETS OF THE SOUTH	271
XIV	THE ERA OF SOUTHERN THEMES AND WRITERS	294
XV	THE LATER POETS	321
XVI	THE TRIUMPH OF THE SHORT STORY	355
XVII	SHIFTING CURRENTS OF FICTION	385
XVIII	THE ESSAYISTS	416
	INDEX	441

A HISTORY OF
AMERICAN LITERATURE
SINCE 1870

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