美国文学选读

　　本书将美国文学分为浪漫主义时期、现实主义时期和现代美国文学三大部分予以介绍。各部分之首是编者对这一时期美国文学总的评介，然后选录若干该时期代表作家的代表作品，并针对所选作家和作品给予具体分析和评介。选文后编写有注释和供学生思考的问题和讨论的题目。本书分量适度，适合于大专院校英语专业教学之用，已多次重印。

暂缺《美国文学选读》作者简介

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
　　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 M 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)
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