A Short History of American Literature (Paperback)

Introduction Carl van Doren; Part I. Colonial Writers: 1. Edwards Paul Elmer More; 2. Franklin Stuart P. Sherman; Part II. Knickerbocker Writers: 3. Irving George Haven Putnam; 4. Bryant William Ellery Leonard; 5. Cooper Carl van Doren; Part III. Poe Killis Campbell; Part IV. Transcendentalists: 6. Emerson Paul Elmer More; 7. Hawthorne John Erskine; 8. Thoreau Archibald MacMechan; Part V. Poets, Essayists, Romancers: 9. Longfellow William Peterfield Trent; 10. Whittier William Morton Payne; 11. Holmes Brander Matthews; 12. Lowell Ashley H. Thorndike; 13. Melville Carl van Doren; 14. Mrs Stowe Carl van Doren; Part VI. Lincoln Nathaniel Wright Stephenson; Part VII. Whitman Emory Holloway; Part VIII. The New Nation: 15. Mark Twain Stuart P. Sherman; 16. Howells Carl van Doren; 17. Henry James Joseph Warren Beach; 18. Lanier Dudley Howe Miles; 19. Harris C. Alphonso Smith; Part IX. The Short Story: 20. Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Mrs Cooke, O'Brien, Hale, Henry James, Harte, Miss Woolson, Miss Jewett, Cable, Aldrich, Stockton, Bunner, Bierce, Miss Murfree, Harris, Johnston, Garland, Mrs Freeman, Mrs Chopin, Smith, London, Davis, O. Henry Fred Lewis Pattee; Part X. Historians and Scholars: 21. Prescott Ruth Putnam; 22. Motley Ruth Putnam; 23. Parkman John Spencer Bassett; 24. Henry Adams John Spencer Bassett; 25. Ticknor Samuel Lee Wolff; 26. Whitney Samuel Lee Wolff; Part XI. Preachers and Philosophers: 27. Beecher Samuel Lee Wolff; 28. Brooks Ambrose White Vernon; 29. Royce Morris R. Cohen; 30. William James Morris R. Cohen; Part XII. The English Language in America Harry Morgan Ayres; Bibliographical notes; Index.