The Portable American Realism Reader (Portable Library) -

The Portable American Realism Reader (Portable Library) by

Format: Paperback

Published by Penguin Classics, 1997

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. Edited And With Introductions By James Nagel And Tom Quirk. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [589]-591).