Preface
A Letter to Students
Chapter 1 Romanticism and the Beginning(1789-1850)
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Plot
Part 3 Anonymous--The Child of Snow
Part 4 Washington Irving--Rip Van Winkle
Part 5 Nathaniel Hawthorne--Young Goodman Brown
Chapter 2 Changing Currents and Maturing Forms(1850-1900)
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Setting
Part 3 Kate O'Flaherty Chopin--The Story of an Hour
Part 4 Samuel Langhorne Clemens--Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Part 5 Stephen Crane--The Open Boat
Chapter 3 Maturation and Renewal(1900-1935)
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Character
Part 3 Ernest Hemingway--A Day's Wait
Part 4 William Faulkner A Rose for Emily
Part 5 F. Scott Fitzgerald--The Bridal Party
Chapter 4 Tradition and Experimentation(1935-1975)
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Theme
Part 3 John Steinbeck--Breakfast
Part 4 Bernard Malamud--The Magic Barrel
Chapter 5 Contemporary Flowering(1975- )
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Point of View and Mood
Part 3 John Updike--Son
Part 4 Tim O'Brien--Ambush
Chapter 6 Total Effect
Part 1 Faulkner--Bear
Part 2 Sherwood Anderson--Death in the Woods
Appendix--Glossary of Literary Terms
References
后记