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Survey of American Literature: Civil War to Present

Survey of American Literature: Civil War to Present

Author(s): Robert M Dowling

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2026

Pages: 350

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Pages: 224

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This book provides an overview of American literature from the Civil War era to the present, organized around three major literary movements: Realism and Naturalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. The Realism and Naturalism section includes works by authors such as Mark Twain, Charles W. Chesnutt, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Mary Antin, and Zitkala Ša, exploring a range of American experiences and perspectives. The Modernism section features writers including Ernest Hemingway, Eugene O’Neill, Gertrude Stein, John Dos Passos, George S. Schuyler, and Langston Hughes.

The final section focuses on Postmodernism and includes poetry and prose from authors such as Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Yusef Komunyakaa, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Junot Diaz. Overall, the book presents a broad collection of American literary works across different time periods, genres, and authors, showing the development and changing perspectives of American literature from the late nineteenth century through the present.

Realism and Naturalism (1865-1918) 
William Dean Howells, “Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt’s Stories” (1900)
Charles W. Chesnutt, “The Wife of his Youth” (1898) 
Mark Twain, “A True Story” (1874) 
Stephen Crane, “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” (1989) 
Jack London, “South of the Slot” (1909) 
Mary Antin, from The Promised Land (1912) 
Abraham Cahan, “The Imported Bridegroom” (1898) 
Zitkala Ša, from The School Days of an Indian Girl (1902) 
Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton), “Leaves from the Mental Portfolio of a Eurasian” (1890) 
Modernism (1918-1945) 
Eugene O’Neill, The Hairy Ape (1922) 
Eugene O’Neill, The Hairy Ape, Continued (1922)
Gertrude Stein, from The Making of Americans (1925)
John Dos Passos, from U.S.A, “The Body of an American” (1936) 
Ernest Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants” (1927) 
George S. Schuyler, “The Negro-Art Hokum” (1926)
Langston Hughes, “I, Too” (1925) 
Langston Hughes, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” (1926) 
Langston Hughes, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” (1921) 
Langston Hughes, “Harlem” (1951) 
Postmodernism (1945-Present) 
Allen Ginsberg, “Howl” (1956)
Allen Ginsberg, “A Supermarket in California” (1956)
Allen Ginsberg, “American” (1956)
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Jack Kerouac, “The Vanishing American Hobo” (1960) 
Yusef Komunyakaa, “Prisoners” (1988)
Yusef Komunyakaa, “Thanks” (1988) 
Yusef Komunyakaa, “Tu Do Street” (1988) 
Maxine Hong Kingston, “No Name Woman” (1976) 
Junot Diaz, “Fiesta, 1980” (1995) 

Robert M Dowling

This book provides an overview of American literature from the Civil War era to the present, organized around three major literary movements: Realism and Naturalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. The Realism and Naturalism section includes works by authors such as Mark Twain, Charles W. Chesnutt, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Mary Antin, and Zitkala Ša, exploring a range of American experiences and perspectives. The Modernism section features writers including Ernest Hemingway, Eugene O’Neill, Gertrude Stein, John Dos Passos, George S. Schuyler, and Langston Hughes.

The final section focuses on Postmodernism and includes poetry and prose from authors such as Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Yusef Komunyakaa, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Junot Diaz. Overall, the book presents a broad collection of American literary works across different time periods, genres, and authors, showing the development and changing perspectives of American literature from the late nineteenth century through the present.

Realism and Naturalism (1865-1918) 
William Dean Howells, “Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt’s Stories” (1900)
Charles W. Chesnutt, “The Wife of his Youth” (1898) 
Mark Twain, “A True Story” (1874) 
Stephen Crane, “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” (1989) 
Jack London, “South of the Slot” (1909) 
Mary Antin, from The Promised Land (1912) 
Abraham Cahan, “The Imported Bridegroom” (1898) 
Zitkala Ša, from The School Days of an Indian Girl (1902) 
Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton), “Leaves from the Mental Portfolio of a Eurasian” (1890) 
Modernism (1918-1945) 
Eugene O’Neill, The Hairy Ape (1922) 
Eugene O’Neill, The Hairy Ape, Continued (1922)
Gertrude Stein, from The Making of Americans (1925)
John Dos Passos, from U.S.A, “The Body of an American” (1936) 
Ernest Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants” (1927) 
George S. Schuyler, “The Negro-Art Hokum” (1926)
Langston Hughes, “I, Too” (1925) 
Langston Hughes, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” (1926) 
Langston Hughes, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” (1921) 
Langston Hughes, “Harlem” (1951) 
Postmodernism (1945-Present) 
Allen Ginsberg, “Howl” (1956)
Allen Ginsberg, “A Supermarket in California” (1956)
Allen Ginsberg, “American” (1956)
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Jack Kerouac, “The Vanishing American Hobo” (1960) 
Yusef Komunyakaa, “Prisoners” (1988)
Yusef Komunyakaa, “Thanks” (1988) 
Yusef Komunyakaa, “Tu Do Street” (1988) 
Maxine Hong Kingston, “No Name Woman” (1976) 
Junot Diaz, “Fiesta, 1980” (1995) 

Robert M Dowling
Robert M Dowling