Introduction
Beginings to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Introduction
The Early American Novel
Autobiography and the Early Novel
The Book Marketplace I
The Romance
Romance and Race
Domesticity and Fiction
Fiction and Reform I
The Late Nineteenth Century
Introduction
Realism
Fiction and The Science of Society
Fiction and Reform Ⅱ
Nation,Region,and Empire
Gender and Fiction
Popular Forms I
The Early Twentieth Century
Introduction
Modernist Eruptions
American Proleanism
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The Late Twentieth Century
Biographies of American Authours
Selected Bibliography of Critical Works
Notes on Contributors
Index

Introduction
Beginings to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Introduction
The Early American Novel
Autobiography and the Early Novel
The Book Marketplace I
The Romance
Romance and Race
Domesticity and Fiction
Fiction and Reform I
The Late Nineteenth Century
Introduction
Realism
Fiction and The Science of Society
Fiction and Reform Ⅱ
Nation,Region,and Empire
Gender and Fiction
Popular Forms I
The Early Twentieth Century
Introduction
Modernist Eruptions
American Proleanism
……
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