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| Genre/Form: | Short stories Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Portable American realism reader. New York : Penguin Books, 1997 (OCoLC)605202852 |
| Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Nagel; Tom Quirk |
| ISBN: | 0140268308 9780140268300 |
| OCLC Number: | 36648845 |
| Description: | xliv, 591 p. ; 20 cm. |
| 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: Jim Smiley and his jumping frog / Mark Twain ; The luck of Roaring Camp / Bret Harte ; The story of the Old Ram / Mark Twain ; The minister's housekeeper / Harriet Beecher Stowe ; Belles Demoiselles Plantation / George Washington Cable ; Rodman the keeper / Constance Fenimore Woolson ; A white heron / Sarah Orne Jewett ; A church mouse / Mary Wilkins Freeman ; How Celia changed her mind / Rose Terry Cooke ; La grande demoiselle / Grace Elizabeth King ; Athénaïse / Kate Chopin ; The goodness of Saint Rocque / Alice Dunbar-Nelson -- Part II. Realism: Free Joe and the rest of the world / Joel Chandler Harris ; Miss Tempy's watchers / Sarah Orne Jewett ; The sheriff's children / Charles W. Chesnutt ; The return of a private / Hamlin Garland ; An occurrence at Owl Creek bridge / Ambrose Bierce ; The revolt of "Mother" / Mary Wilkins Freeman ; My Aunt Susan / Harold Frederic ; The real thing / Henry James ; The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman ; Désirée's baby / Kate Chopin ; The little room / Madelene Yale Wynne ; The beast in the jungle / Henry James ; The blue hotel / Stephen Crane ; The bride comes to Yellow Sky / Stephen Crane ; A providential match / Abraham Cahan ; Sister Josepha / Alice Dunbar-Nelson ; The wife of his yourth / Charles W. Chesnutt ; The trial path / Zitkala-Sä ; The other two / Edith Wharton ; A Wagner matinée / Willa Cather ; Editha / William Dean Howells ; The walking woman / Mary Austin ; Nobody rich, nobody poor / Zona Gale ; Mrs. Spring fragrance / Sin Sin Far -- Part III. Naturalism: The men in the storm / Stephen Crane ; An experiment in misery / Stephen Crane ; The open boat / Stephen Crane ; Under the lion's paw / Hamlin Garland ; Curious shifts of the poor / Theodore Dreiser ; The law of life / Jack London ; A deal in wheat / Frank Norris ; The lynching of Jube Benson / Paul Laurence Dunbar ; The problem of Old Harjo / John M. Oskison ; To build a fire / Jack London ; The second choice / Theodore Dreiser. |
| Series Title: | Viking portable library. |
| Other Titles: | American realism and naturalism reader |
| Responsibility: | edited and with introductions by James Nagel and Tom Quirk. |
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