Reimagining Realism

A New Anthology of Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century American Short Fiction
Herausgeber: Johanningsmeier, Charles A.; McCarthy, Jessica E.

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Produktbeschreibung

This fresh, diverse anthology of American short fiction challenges readers to interrogate commonly held ideas about the genres of realism and naturalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ohio University Press
• Seitenzahl: 664
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 157mm x 235mm x 49mm
• Gewicht: 858g
• ISBN-13: 9780804012379
• ISBN-10: 0804012377
• Artikelnr.: 64260062

Autorenporträt

Charles A. Johanningsmeier is a professor of English and Isaacson Chair at the University of Nebraska Omaha. As a print historian, his chief research interests have involved assessing how readers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries interacted with fiction texts published in various periodicals by authors such as Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, Sui Sin Far, Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles Chesnutt, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Henry James, and Willa Cather. Jessica E. McCarthy is a lecturer at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She has published on Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, and American literary naturalism.

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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
General Introduction
Jessica E. McCarthy 1
Introduction for Instructors
Charles A. Johanningsmeier 11
Chronology of Short Fictions’ Original Publication Dates 21
Short Fictions: Arranged Alphabetically by Author
ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY 23
“Hospital Sketches: A Day” (1863) 24
BIERCE, AMBROSE 36
“The Affair at Coulter’s Notch” (1889) 37
CABLE, GEORGE W ASHINGTON 44
“Belles Demoiselles Plantation” (1874) 45
CAHAN, ABRAHAM 58
“The Daughter of Reb Avrom Leib” (1900) 59
CATHER, WILLA 78
“On the Divide” (1896) 79
CHESNUTT, CHARLES W. 90
“The March of Progress” (1901) 92
CHOPIN, KATE 102
“A Gentleman of Bayou Têche” (1894) 103
CLEARY, KATE M. 108
“Feet of Clay” (1893) 109
CRANE, STEPHEN 117
“An Experiment in Misery” (1894) 120
DAVIS, REBECCA HARDING 129
“A Day with Doctor Sarah” (1878) 130
DAVIS, SAMUEL POST 140
“A Christmas Carol” (late 1870s) 141
DREISER, THEODORE 147
“Free” (1918) 148
DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE 170
“One Man’s Fortunes” (1900) 171
“The Lynching of Jube Benson” (1904) 184
DUNBAR NELS ON, ALICE 190
“Titee” (1895) 192
“When the Bayou Overflows” (1899) 196
FAR, SUI SIN (EDITH MAUDE EATON) 201
“Sweet Sin. A Chinese-American
Story” (1898) 202
“The Success of a Mistake” (1908) 206
FREEMAN, MARY E. WILKINS 215
“One Good Time” (1897) 217
“Old Woman Magoun” (1905) 231
GARLAND, HAMLIN 246
“Up the Coulé. A Story of Wisconsin” (1891) 247
GILMAN, CHARLOTTE PERKINS 279
“Mrs. Beazley’s Deeds” (1911) 280
GOODWIN, C. C. (CHARLES CARROLL) 291
“Sister Celeste” (1885) 291
HARTE, BRET 300
“The Luck of Roaring Camp” (1868) 303
“Wan Lee, the Pagan” (1874) 311
HEARN, LAFCADIO 323
“In the Twilight of the Gods” (1895) 324
HENRY, O. (WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER) 329
“A Municipal Report” (1910) 330
HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN 343
“A Romance of Real Life” (1870) 345
JAMES, HENRY 354
“The Jolly Corner” (1908) 356
JEWETT, SARAH ORNE 381
“Tom’s Husband” (1882) 382
“Stolen Pleasures” (1885) 392
KING, GRACE 399
“Making Progress” (1901) 400
LONDON, JACK 409
“The League of the Old Men” (1902) 412
“The Apostate: A Child Labor Parable” (1906) 424
MACOMBER, LUCY BATES 439
“The Gossip of Gold Hill” (1873) 439
MENA, MARÍA CRISTINA 447
“The Education of Popo” (1914) 447
NEALL, HANNAH LLOYD 461
“Placer” (1871) 462
NORRIS, FRANK 472
“The House with the Blinds” (1897) 472
OSKISON, JOHN 478
“The Problem of Old Harjo” (1907) 479
PEATTIE, ELIA WILKINSON 485
“After the Storm: A Story of the Prairie” (1897) 486
SPOFFORD, HARRIET PRESCOTT 502
“Her Story” (1872) 504
STUART, RUTH MCENERY 519
“The Unlived Life of Little Mary Ellen” (1896) 520
THANET, OCTAVE (ALICE FRENCH) 538
“The Face of Failure” (1892) 539
TWAIN, MARK (SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS) 556
“The Facts concerning the Recent Carnival of
Crime in Connecticut” (1876) 558
“The Second Advent” (written 1881;
first published 1972) 570
WHARTON, EDITH 582
“Xingu” (1911) 583
WISTER, OWEN 602
“Hank’s Woman” (1892) 603
WOOLSON, CONSTANCE FENIMORE 613
“Miss Grief ” (1880) 615
ZITKALA-A
(GERTRUDE SIMMONS BONNIN) 631
“The Soft-Hearted
Sioux” (1901) 633
Principles of Text Selection 641
Bibliography of Textual Versions Used in This Anthology 645
Index 649