Introduction: The late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, 1874-1914.
1. The novel and its future.
5. Selections from the "editor's study".
7. Certain tendencies in current literature.
8. The new battle of the books.
9. Selections from "The ethics of literary art".
10. Realism in literature and art.
11. The progressive realism of American fiction.
12. Productive conditions of American literature.
13. The new story-tellers and the doom of realism.
14. Three essays on naturalism.
15. The responsibilities of the novelist.
16. True art speaks plainly; The early modern period.
17. The naturalism of Mr. Dreiser.
18. The art of Theodore Dreiser.
19. William Dean Howells and the realism of the commonplace.
20. Naturalism in American fiction.
21. The opening struggle for realism.
22. "Not men": a natural history of American naturalism.
24. Some observations on naturalism, so called, in fiction.
26. New ideas in the novel.
27. Norris historically viewed.
28. Mark Twain and the earlier realism.
29. American realism defined.
30. "Realism": toward a definition.
31. From document tp symbol: Zola and American naturalism.
32. American literary naturalism: the example of Dreiser.
34. The country of the blue.
35. Preface and casting out the outcast: naturalism and the brute.
36. Realism and "absent things in American life".
37. Black and white strangers.
38. Expanding the canon of American realism.
The novel and its future / George Parsons Lathrop
Modern fiction / Charles Dudley Warner
The art of fiction / Henry James
A typical novel / Hamilton Wright Mabie
Selections from the "Editor's study" / William Dean Howells
Realism and romance / James Lane Allen
Certain tendencies in current literature / Richard Watson Gilder
The new battle of the books / George Pellew
Selections from The ethics of literary art / Maurice Thompson
Realism in literature and art / Clarence Darrow
The progressive realism of American fiction / H.H. Boyesen
Productive conditions of American literature / Hamlin Garland
The new story-tellers and the doom of realism / William Roscoe Thayer
Three essays on naturalism / Frank Norris
The responsibilities of the novelist / Frank Norris
True art speaks plainly / Theodore Dreiser
The naturalism of Mr. Dreiser / Stuart P. Sherman
The art of Theodeore Dresiser / Randolph Bourne
William Dean Howells and the realism of the commonplace / V.L. Parrington
Naturalism in American fiction / V.L. Parrington
The opening struggle for realism / Alfred Kazin
"Not men" : a natural history of American naturalism / Malcolm Cowley
Reality in America / Lionel Trilling
Some observations on naturalism, so called, in fiction / James T. Farrell
Taine in America / Everett Carter
New ideas in the novel / Charles C. Walcutt
Norris historically viewed / Richard Chase
Mark Twain and the earlier realism / Robert Falk
American realism defined / Harold H. Kolb, Jr.
"Realism" : toward a definition / Edwin H. Cady
From document to symbol : Zola and American naturalism / Frederick J. Hoffman
American literary naturalism : the example of Dreiser / Donald Pizer
Realism / Alfred Habegger
The country of the blue / Eric J. Sundquist
Preface and casting out the outcast : naturalism and the brute / June Howard
Realism and "Absent things in American life" / Amy Kaplan
Black and white strangers / Kenneth W. Warren
Expanding the canon of American realism / Elizabeth Ammons.
