Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. THE EMPIRICAL ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL -- II. EMPIRICISM AND THE AMERICAN NOVEL -- III. BRACKENRIDGE: IDEAS AND THE MAN OF REASON -- IV. BROWN: IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES -- V. COOPER: IDEAS AND LESSONS -- VI. HAWTHORNE: THE INTELLECTUAL AS OUTSIDER -- VII. ISHMAEL AND MELVILLE: THE DEMOCRAT AS MAN THINKING AND MAN CREATING -- INDEX -- Backmatter
