The American novel and reflections on the European novel

Abstract

Sources and Acknowledgements Editor's introduction 1. The American Novel 2. Hawthorne as poet 3. Melville: the 1853-6 phase 4. Henry James and the disabilities of the American novelist in the nineteenth century 5. James, Trollope and the American-English confrontation theme 6. A note on literary indebtedness: Dickens, George, Eliot, Henry James 7. The fox is the novelist's idea: Henry James and the house beautiful 8. Henry James: the stories 9. The institution of Henry James 10. Henry James's heiress: the importance of Edith Wharton 11. Edith Wharton: The House of Mirth 12. The French novel 13. The Russian novel 14. The Italian novel Notes.