CONTENTS
FOREWORD = ⅶ
FOREWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION = ⅸ
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION = ⅹ
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS = xii
INTRODUCTION = 1
1 INDEPENDENCE AND LITERARY EMANCIPATION = 28
2 LITERATURE AND NATIONALISM = 46
3 LITERATURE AND AMERICAN EXPERIENCE = 74
4 TO CHANGE SOCIETY = 92
5 MODERNISM = 119
6 THE REDISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD = 158
7 REGIONALISM IN THE NOVEL AND SHORT STORY = 193
8 REALISM AND THE NOVEL : ITS APPLICATION TO SOCIAL PROTEST AND INDIANIST WRITING = 231
9 THE AVANT-GARDE IN POETRY = 256
10 THEATRE = 303
11 MODERN FICTION = 308
CONCLUSION = 347
NOTES = 354
READING LISTS = 365
INDEX OF AUTHORS = 383
FOREWORD = ⅶ
FOREWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION = ⅸ
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION = ⅹ
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS = xii
INTRODUCTION = 1
1 INDEPENDENCE AND LITERARY EMANCIPATION = 28
2 LITERATURE AND NATIONALISM = 46
3 LITERATURE AND AMERICAN EXPERIENCE = 74
4 TO CHANGE SOCIETY = 92
5 MODERNISM = 119
6 THE REDISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD = 158
7 REGIONALISM IN THE NOVEL AND SHORT STORY = 193
8 REALISM AND THE NOVEL : ITS APPLICATION TO SOCIAL PROTEST AND INDIANIST WRITING = 231
9 THE AVANT-GARDE IN POETRY = 256
10 THEATRE = 303
11 MODERN FICTION = 308
CONCLUSION = 347
NOTES = 354
READING LISTS = 365
INDEX OF AUTHORS = 383