American Literature Selected Readings

Author: Zhai Shizhou
Publisher: Henan University Press
Book Description:
The format of the anthology is divided into five parts: author, introduction to the work, selected texts, notes, and discussion questions. To provide students with some background knowledge of the creation of the selected works, the book is divided into three periods. At the beginning of each period, there is a brief introduction summarizing the general development of American literature during that period, as well as a brief introduction to other important writers and works.
Table of Contents:
PREFACE
PART ONE
THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM
I WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859)
Rip Van Winkle
II RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882)
Nature (VIII Prospects)
III NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864)
The Scarlet Letter (Chapters 1, 17, and 18)
IV WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892)
Song of Myself (20, 30, 31, and 46)
I Hear America Singing
I Hear It Was Charged Against Me
I Saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing
One's-Self I Sing
PREFACE
PART ONE
THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM
I WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859)
Rip Van Winkle
II RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882)
Nature (VIII Prospects)
III NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864)
The Scarlet Letter (Chapters 1, 17, and 18)
IV WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892)
Song of Myself (20, 30, 31, and 46)
I Hear America Singing
I Hear It Was Charged Against Me
I Saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing
One's-Self I Sing
PART TWO
THE AGE OF REALISM
V MARK TWAIN (1835-1910)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Chapters 16 and 31)
VI HENRY JAMES (1843-1916)
The Art of Fiction (Excerpt)
VII O. HENRY (1862-1910)
The Gift of the Magi
The Cop and the Anthem
VIII THEODORE DREISER (1871-1945)
An American Tragedy (Book Two: Chapter 47)
PART THREE
MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE
IX ROBERT FROST (1874-1963)
Mending Wall
The Road Not Taken
Fire and Ice
Dust of Snow
Design
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
X T. S. ELIOT (1888-1965)
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Tradition and the Individual Talent
XI IMAGINE SINCLAIR LEWIS (1885-1951)
Babbitt (Chapters 9 and 25)
EUGENE O'NEILL (1888-1953)
The Hairy Ape (Scenes 2, 3, and 8)
XII F. SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896-1940)
The Great Gatsby (Chapter 7)
XIV WILLIAM FAULKNER (1897-1962)
Afterword