1. Introduction
2. The short story as ironic myth: Washington Irving and William Austin
3. Nathaniel Hawthorne
4. Edgar Allan Poe
5. Herman Melville
6. New territories: Bret Harte and Mark Twain
7. Realism, the grotesque and impressionism: Hamlin Garland, Ambrose Bierce and Stephen Crane
8. Henry James
9. Rebecca Harding Davis, Sarah Orne Jewett and Mary Wilkins Freeman
10. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Kate Chopin, Willa Cather and Edith Wharton
11. Growth, fragmentation, new aesthetics and new voices in the early twentieth century
12. O. Henry and Jack London
13. Sherwood Anderson
14. Ernest Hemingway
15. F. Scott Fitzgerald
16. William Faulkner
17. Katherine Anne Porter, Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor
18. Charles Chesnutt, Richard Wright, James Baldwin and the African American short story to 1965
19. Aspects of the American short story 1930-80
20. Two traditions and the changing idea of the mainstream
22. The postmodern short story in America
22. Raymond Carver
23. Epilogue: the contemporary American short story
Guide to further reading.
From the Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. The short story as ironic myth: Washington Irving and William Austin; 3. Nathaniel Hawthorne; 4. Edgar Allan Poe; 5. Herman Melville; 6. New territories: Bret Harte and Mark Twain; 7. Realism, the grotesque and impressionism: Hamlin Garland, Ambrose Bierce and Stephen Crane; 8. Henry James; 9. Rebecca Harding Davis, Sarah Orne Jewett and Mary Wilkins Freeman; 10. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Kate Chopin, Willa Cather and Edith Wharton; 11. Growth, fragmentation, new aesthetics and new voices in the early twentieth century; 12. O. Henry and Jack London; 13. Sherwood Anderson; 14. Ernest Hemingway; 15. F. Scott Fitzgerald; 16. William Faulkner; 17. Katherine Anne Porter, Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor; 18. Charles Chesnutt, Richard Wright, James Baldwin and the African American short story to 1965; 19. Aspects of the American short story 1930-1980; 20. Two traditions and the changing idea of the mainstream; 22. The postmodern short story in America; 22. Raymond Carver; 23. Epilogue: the contemporary American short story; Guide to further reading.
