Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Greek and Roman presences in the modern American novel
Chapter 1 - Willa Cather (1873-1946)
1.1 Cather and the Classics
1.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate
1.3 My Ántonia (1918)
1.4 The Professor's House (1925)
1.5 Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940)
Chapter 2 - F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
2.1 Fitzgerald and the Classics
2.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate
2.3 This Side of Paradise (1920)
2.4 The Great Gatsby (1925)
2.5 Tender is the Night (1934)
Chapter 3 - William Faulkner (1897-1962)
3.1 Faulkner and the Classics
3.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate
3.3 Light in August (1932)
3.4 Absalom, Absalom! (1936)
3.5 Go Down, Moses (1942)
Chapter 4 - Ralph Ellison (1913-1994)
4.1 Ellison and the Classics
4.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate
4.3 Invisible Man (1952)
4.4 Thee Days Before the Shooting ... Part I (2010)
4.5 Three Days Before the Shooting ... Part II (2010)
Chapter 5 - Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
5.1 Morrison and the Classics
5.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate
5.3 Song of Solomon (1977)
5.4 Beloved (1987)
5.5 Jazz (1992)
Chapter 6 - Philip Roth (1933-2018)
6.1 Roth and the Classics
6.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate
6.3 American Pastoral (1997)
6.4 I Married a Communist (1998)
6.5 The Human Stain (2000)
Chapter 7 - Marilynne Robinson (1943- )
7.1 Robinson and the Classics
7.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate
7.3 Housekeeping (1980)
7.4 Gilead (2004)
7.5 Home (2008)
Conclusion: the diversity of modern American fiction's classicism
Works Cited
Appendices:
1 - Glossary of the classical terms used in this book
2 - Resources
Index