VI. Realism and the Frontier (1865-1915)
Representative works including:

  • from Life on the Mississippi, The Boys' Ambition, 

    • from Roughing It, Lost in a Snowstorm, and 
    "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" —Mark Twain (1835-1910)
  • "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" —Bret Harte (1836-1902)
  • "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" —Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?)
  • "The Story of an Hour" —Kate Chopin (1851-1904)
  • "To Build a Fire" —Jack London (1876-1916)
  • The Red Badge of Courage, War is Kind, and Think as I Think —Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
  • "Luke Havergal", "Miniver Cheevy", and Richard Cory —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) 

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