Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xv
4. PART ONE. THE SHAPING YEARS
5. CHAPTER 1. PERSONA NON GRATA 3
6. CHAPTER 2. A BOY IN KERRY PATCH 11
7. CHAPTER 3. LITERATI IN THE CITY ROOM 23
8. CHAPTER 4. THE DECADENCE—FROM OSCAR WILDE TO AN “AMERICAN BAUDELAIRE” 35
9. CHAPTER 5. THE FOUNDING OF THE MIRROR 47
10. CHAPTER 6. TOWARD NATURALISM 62
11. PART TWO. TURNING POINTS
12. CHAPTER 7. THE MIRROR’S “WAR BOOM” 77
13. CHAPTER 8. STREETCARS AND CORRUPTION 92
14. CHAPTER 9. AT THE FAIR 104
15. CHAPTER 10. ROOSEVELT AND THE FREE PRESS 114
16. CHAPTER 11. THEODORE DREISER 120
17. PART THREE. THE MIRROR AND THE POETS
18. CHAPTER 12. REAL WOMEN AND LOVE LYRICS 135
19. CHAPTER 13. THREE CRITICS IN SEARCH OF AN ART 150
20. CHAPTER 14. EZRA POUND, POET IN EXILE 162
21. CHAPTER 15. POETS IN THE MARKET 168
22. CHAPTER 16. VACHEL LINDSAY, POET ON NATIVE GROUND 177
23. CHAPTER 17. CROSSING SPOON RIVER 193
24. CHAPTER 18. THE WAR OF THE IMAGISTS AND THEIR ANTAGONISTS 217
25. CHAPTER 19. ATTACK FROM THE REAR 226
26. PART FOUR. THE AFTER-IMAGE
27. CHAPTER 20. WAR AND REACTION 245
28. CHAPTER 21. DREISER AND HARRIS MERTON LYON 255
29. CHAPTER 22. POETS AND POLITICS DA CAPO AL FINE 265
30. CHAPTER 23. LAST REFLECTIONS 279
31. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY NOTES · INDEX
32. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES 296
33. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 297
34. NOTES 311
35. IΝDΕΧ 343