Moral and thematic concerns of American realism / by Harold H. Kolb Jr. --
Realism rejected sentimental culture / by Everett Carter --
Realism reflects a common vision of everyday life / by Edwin H. Cady --
Biological model : Darwin, Zola, and American naturalism / by Richard Lehan --
Dual nature of naturalism / by Charles C. Walcutt --
Naturalism in three classic American novels / by Donald Pizer --
Implications of wealth in two realist novels / by Robert Shulman --
Realism and the African-American novel / by William L. Andrews --
Women writers and women characters in American realism / by Cecelia Tichi --
Jack London, Upton Sinclair, and the progressive movement / by Alfred Kazin --
Realism and regional voices / by Eric J. Sundquist --
Image of the frontier in American realism / by James K. Folsom --
Small town in American realism / by Anthony Channell Hilfer --
Rise of the city in American realism / by Sidney H. Bremer --
American realism in the post-modern age / by David E. Shi