Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction: Parody and Realism 1
5. Chapter I. Love and Death in the Slums 19
6. Chapter II. The Failure on the Barroom Floor 45
7. Chapter III. A Definition of the War Novel 68
8. Chapter IV. The Bitterness of Battle 99
9. Chapter V. The Romances That Failed 129
10. Chapter VI. The Destructive Element 145
11. Chapter VII. The Village Virus 177
12. Chapter VIII. The Crucible of Childhood 201
13. Chapter IX. The Gunfighters 229
14. Chapter X. Death on the Plains 257
15. Notes 285
16. Index 295