A History of American Literature Since 1870

by Fred Lewis Pattee

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[CONTENTS]

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	THE SECOND DISCOVERY OF AMERICA	[3]
II	THE LAUGHTER OF THE WEST	[25]
III	MARK TWAIN	[45]
IV	BRET HARTE	[63]
V	THE DISCOVERY OF PIKE COUNTY	[83]
VI	JOAQUIN MILLER	[99]
VII	THE TRANSITION POETS	[116]
VIII	RISE OF THE NATURE WRITERS	[137]
IX	WALT WHITMAN	[163]
X	THE CLASSICAL REACTION	[186]
XI	RECORDERS OF THE NEW ENGLAND DECLINE	[220]
XII	THE NEW ROMANCE	[244]
XIII	LATER POETS OF THE SOUTH	[271]
XIV	THE ERA OF SOUTHERN THEMES AND WRITERS	[294]
XV	THE LATER POETS	[321]
XVI	THE TRIUMPH OF THE SHORT STORY	[355]
XVII	SHIFTING CURRENTS OF FICTION	[385]
XVIII	THE ESSAYISTS	[416]
	INDEX	[441]

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A HISTORY OF
AMERICAN LITERATURE
SINCE 1870

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A HISTORY OF
AMERICAN LITERATURE
SINCE 1870

[CHAPTER I]
THE SECOND DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

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