ALLAN BURNS is Assistant Professor of English at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. His interests include American Poetry and American nature writing. His articles and reviews have been published in American Literary Realism, American Literature, English Studies, The Henry James Review and Papers on Language and Literature.

• IntroductionArt and BeautyCivilizationFamily RelationsFreedom and SlaveryThe Individual and SocietyInnocence and ExperienceLife and DeathLossLove and SexMemoryNatureObligations and ChoicesPoetryThe SelfSkepticism and BeliefSuffering and JoyThought and PerceptionTime and ChangeTradition and HeritageTruth and AppearanceWarAppendix: Biographical SketchesBibliographyIndex

ALLAN BURNS is Assistant Professor of English at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. His interests include American Poetry and American nature writing. His articles and reviews have been published in American Literary Realism, American Literature, English Studies, The Henry James Review and Papers on Language and Literature.

• IntroductionArt and BeautyCivilizationFamily RelationsFreedom and SlaveryThe Individual and SocietyInnocence and ExperienceLife and DeathLossLove and SexMemoryNatureObligations and ChoicesPoetryThe SelfSkepticism and BeliefSuffering and JoyThought and PerceptionTime and ChangeTradition and HeritageTruth and AppearanceWarAppendix: Biographical SketchesBibliographyIndex