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Beginning with one of Louisa May Alcott's Hospital Sketches, originally published in 1863, this anthology offers a refreshing perspective on American literature from the latter half of the nineteenth century through the first decades of the twentieth. Based on Alcott's brief stint as a Civil War nurse, Hospital Sketches stands in contrast to the sentimentality of her better-known Little Women and illustrates a blending of romanticism and realism. Furthermore, its thematic focus on the tension between idealized notions of noble, patriotic duty and the horrific reality of war exemplifies a dominant American cultural mindset at the time.
Following this model of complicating accepted ideas about realism and of particular authors, Reimagining Realism brings together dozens of texts that engage with the immense changes and upheavals that characterized American culture over the next six decades: war, abolition, voting rights, westward expansion, immigration, racism and ethnocentrism, industrial production, labor reforms, transportation, urban growth, journalism, mass media, education, and economic disparity.
Reimagining Realism presents a collection of works much more diverse than what is typically found in other anthologies of short fiction from this era. Some selections are lesser-known works by familiar authors that enable readers to see dimensions of these authors that are rarely considered but deserve further study. The book also features authors from many previously underrepresented groups and includes some outstanding works by authors whose names are almost completely unknown to today's readers-but which deserve greater attention.
The volume's editors, in their intent to spur readers to further reimagine realism, to represent the spectrum of viewpoints prevalent during this era, and to spark critical thinking and productive discussion, have been careful not to apply any type of political litmus test to the included works. They have also refrained from categorizing works according to convention, so as not to predispose readers to restrictive interpretations, and have provided only brief, highly readable headnotes and annotations that will help readers better understand the texts.
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments xi
General Introduction
Jessica E. McCarthy 1
Introduction for Instructors
Charles A. Johanningsmeier 11
Chronology of Short Fictions' Original Publication Dates 21
Short Fictions: Arranged Alphabetically by Author
ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY 23
"Hospital Sketches: A Day" (1863) 24
BIERCE, AMBROSE 36
"The Affair at Coulter's Notch" (1889) 37
CABLE, GEORGE W ASHINGTON 44
"Belles Demoiselles Plantation" (1874) 45
CAHAN, ABRAHAM 58
"The Daughter of Reb Avrom Leib" (1900) 59
CATHER, WILLA 78
"On the Divide" (1896) 79
CHESNUTT, CHARLES W. 90
"The March of Progress" (1901) 92
CHOPIN, KATE 102
"A Gentleman of Bayou Têche" (1894) 103
CLEARY, KATE M. 108
"Feet of Clay" (1893) 109
CRANE, STEPHEN 117
"An Experiment in Misery" (1894) 120
DAVIS, REBECCA HARDING 129
"A Day with Doctor Sarah" (1878) 130
DAVIS, SAMUEL POST 140
"A Christmas Carol" (late 1870s) 141
DREISER, THEODORE 147
"Free" (1918) 148
DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE 170
"One Man's Fortunes" (1900) 171
"The Lynching of Jube Benson" (1904) 184
DUNBAR NELS ON, ALICE 190
"Titee" (1895) 192
"When the Bayou Overflows" (1899) 196
FAR, SUI SIN (EDITH MAUDE EATON) 201
"Sweet Sin. A Chinese-American
Story" (1898) 202
"The Success of a Mistake" (1908) 206
FREEMAN, MARY E. WILKINS 215
"One Good Time" (1897) 217
"Old Woman Magoun" (1905) 231
GARLAND, HAMLIN 246
"Up the Coulé. A Story of Wisconsin" (1891) 247
GILMAN, CHARLOTTE PERKINS 279
"Mrs. Beazley's Deeds" (1911) 280
GOODWIN, C. C. (CHARLES CARROLL) 291
"Sister Celeste" (1885) 291
HARTE, BRET 300
"The Luck of Roaring Camp" (1868) 303
"Wan Lee, the Pagan" (1874) 311
HEARN, LAFCADIO 323
"In the Twilight of the Gods" (1895) 324
HENRY, O. (WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER) 329
"A Municipal Report" (1910) 330
HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN 343
"A Romance of Real Life" (1870) 345
JAMES, HENRY 354
"The Jolly Corner" (1908) 356
JEWETT, SARAH ORNE 381
"Tom's Husband" (1882) 382
"Stolen Pleasures" (1885) 392
KING, GRACE 399
"Making Progress" (1901) 400
LONDON, JACK 409
"The League of the Old Men" (1902) 412
"The Apostate: A Child Labor Parable" (1906) 424
MACOMBER, LUCY BATES 439
"The Gossip of Gold Hill" (1873) 439
MENA, MARÍA CRISTINA 447
"The Education of Popo" (1914) 447
NEALL, HANNAH LLOYD 461
"Placer" (1871) 462
NORRIS, FRANK 472
"The House with the Blinds" (1897) 472
OSKISON, JOHN 478
"The Problem of Old Harjo" (1907) 479
PEATTIE, ELIA WILKINSON 485
"After the Storm: A Story of the Prairie" (1897) 486
SPOFFORD, HARRIET PRESCOTT 502
"Her Story" (1872) 504
STUART, RUTH MCENERY 519
"The Unlived Life of Little Mary Ellen" (1896) 520
THANET, OCTAVE (ALICE FRENCH) 538
"The Face of Failure" (1892) 539
TWAIN, MARK (SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS) 556
"The Facts concerning the Recent Carnival of
Crime in Connecticut" (1876) 558
"The Second Advent" (written 1881;
first published 1972) 570
WHARTON, EDITH 582
"Xingu" (1911) 583
WISTER, OWEN 602
"Hank's Woman" (1892) 603
WOOLSON, CONSTANCE FENIMORE 613
"Miss Grief " (1880) 615
ZITKALA-ŠA
(GERTRUDE SIMMONS BONNIN) 631
"The Soft-Hearted
Sioux" (1901) 633
Principles of Text Selection 641
Bibliography of Textual Versions Used in This Anthology 645
Index 649
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