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The Portable American Realism Reader: (Portable Library)

The Portable American Realism Reader: (Portable Library)

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This is an anthology of the American short story between the Civil War and World War I, containing 47 stories by 30 writers. Realist writers, represented by Mark Twain, Henry James, Stephen Crane, Kate Chopin and Willa Cather among others, sought to paint "life as it is, human feelings in their true proportions and relations". There are introductory essays on the historical and literary context of the Age of Realism, a chronology, critical headnotes and minibiographies.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Historical Context by Tom Quirk The Literary Context by James Nagel Suggestions for Further Reading Chronology Part I: Regionalism and Local Color MARK TWAIN, "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" BRET HARTE, "The Luck of Roaring Camp" HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, "The Minister's Housekeeper" GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE, "Belles Demoiselles Plantation" CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON, "Rodman the Keeper" SARAH ORNE JEWETT, "A White Heron" MARY WILKINS FREEMAN, "A Church Mouse" ROSE TERRY COOKE, "How Celia Changed Her Mind" GRACE ELIZABETH KING, "La Grande Demoiselle" KATE CHOPIN," Athénaïse" ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON, "The Goodness of Saint Rocque" Part II: Realism JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, "Free Joe and the Rest of the World" SARAH ORNE JEWETT, "Miss Tempy's Watchers" CHARLES W. CHESNUTT, "The Sheriff's Children" HAMLIN GARLAND, "The Return of a Private" AMBROSE BIERCE, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" MARY WILKINS FREEMAN, "The Revolt of 'Mother'" HAROLD FREDERIC, "My Aunt Susan" HENRY JAMES, "The Real Thing" CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN, "The Yellow Wallpaper" KATE CHOPIN, "Désirée's Baby" MADELENE YALE WYNNE, "The Little Room" HENRY JAMES, "The Beast in the Jungle" STEPHEN CRANE, "The Blue Hotel" STEPHEN CRANE, "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" ABRAHAM CAHAN, "A Providential Match" ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON, "Sister Josepha" CHARLES W. CHESTNUTT, "The Wife of His Youth" ZITKALA-SÄ, "The Trial Path" EDITH WHARTON, "The Other Two" WILLA CATHER, "A Wagner Matinée" WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, "Editha" MARY AUSTIN, "The Walking Woman" ZONA GALE, "Nobody Rich, Nobody Poor" SUI SIN FAR, "Mrs. Spring Fragrance" Part III: Naturalism STEPHEN CRANE, "The Men in the Storm" STEPHEN CRANE, "An Experiment in Misery" STEPHEN CRANE, "The Open Boat" HAMLIN GARLAND, "Under the Lion's Paw" THEODORE DREISER, "Curious Shifts of the Poor" JACK LONDON, "The Law of Life" FRANK NORRIS, "A Deal in Wheat" PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR, "The Lynching of Jube Benson" JOHN M. OSKISON, "The Problem of Old Harjo" JACK LONDON, "To Build a Fire" THEODORE DREISER, "The Second Choice" Biographical Notes Notes on the Texts


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780140268300
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Viking Portable Library
  • Height: 196 mm
  • No of Pages: 640
  • Series Title: Portable Library
  • Weight: 666 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0140268308
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 1997
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 35 mm
  • Width: 128 mm


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