本书共17章。除导论介绍文学基本常识外, 第一至十七章的评述内容从殖民时期延续到20世纪末, 时间跨度约400年。
Introduction
Chapter 1 Literature of Colonial America
Chapter 2 Early Romantics
Chapter 3 Transcendentalism
Chapter 4 High Romantics
Chapter 5 Realism
Chapter 6 Local Color Fiction
Chapter 7 Naturalism
Chapter 8 Modern Poetry
Chapter 9 Modern Fiction Before 1945
Chapter 10 Postwar Realism in Fiction
Chapter 11 Beat Generation
Chapter 12 Women Writers in America
Chapter 13 Jewish American Writers
Chapter 14 Black LiteratureIntroduction
Chapter 1 Literature of Colonial America
Chapter 2 Early Romantics
Chapter 3 Transcendentalism
Chapter 4 High Romantics
Chapter 5 Realism
Chapter 6 Local Color Fiction
Chapter 7 Naturalism
Chapter 8 Modern Poetry
Chapter 9 Modern Fiction Before 1945
Chapter 10 Postwar Realism in Fiction
Chapter 11 Beat Generation
Chapter 12 Women Writers in America
Chapter 13 Jewish American Writers
Chapter 14 Black Literature
Chapter 15 Southern Literature
Chapter 16 Postmodern Fiction
Chapter 17 Modern Drama
Epilogue
Bibliography