Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. EDITORIAL NOTE xiii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. PART I. Cable's Protege in 1889-1891. An “Insider” Views the Negro Question 27
8. PART II. A Dream Deferred, 1891-1896. The Businessman Prevails 73
9. PART III. Page's Protégé in 1897-1899. The Reemergence of the Artist and Prophet 95
10. PART IV. The Professional Novelist of 1899-1902. Pursuit of the Dream 131
11. PART V. Discontent in 1903-1904. A Turn to Argumentative Prose 177
12. PART VI. The Quest Renewed, 1904-1905. Argumentative Art for an Indifferent Readership 211
13. INDEX 237