Introduction Chapter 1 Literature of Colonial America Chapter 2 Early Romantics Chapter 3 Transcendentalism Chapter 4 High Romantics Chapter 5 Realism Chapter 6 Local Color Fiction Chapter 7 Naturalism Chapter 8 Modem Poetry Chapter 9 Modem Fiction Before Chapter 10 Postwar Realism in Fiction Chapter 11 Beat Generation Chapter 12 Women Writers in America Chapter 13 Jewish American Writers Chapter 14 Black Literature Chapter 15 Southern Literature Chapter 16 Postmodern Fiction Chapter 17 Modern Drama Epilogue Bibliography