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 4g) i hear america singing i hear it was charged against me i saw in louisiana a live oak growing ones-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) men 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 m sinclair lewis (1885-1951) babbitt (chapters 9 and 25) eugene oneill (1888-1953) the hairy ape (scenes 2, 3, and 8) i f. scott fitzgerald (1896-1940) the great gatsby (chapter 7) v william faulkner (1897-1962) …… 后记
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