Date of Award

4-1929

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Literatures, Languages, and Cultures

First Advisor

Thomas P. Whelan

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to weigh, examine and compare the two periods in American Literature from 1870 to 1890 and from then to 1910; with reference to the short story. For it was in 1869 that Bret Harte wrote "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and this story is generally accepted as the first distinct American short story. I propose to do this by examination of the prominent men, their wor1 s. In behalf of the earlier school there is: Bret Harte, Page, Freeman, Cradock, Murfree, Harris, Stockton and Aldrich. On the side of the later writers there is: Kipling, London, Davis and O. Henry. These writers are, I believe, produces of the syndication so we shall see whether syndication or journalization was a benefit or detriment to the short story.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Liberal Arts College, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts.

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