附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-333) and index.
Walden : a manifesto in wood and stone -- "The Fall of the House of Usher" : and who can tell the teller from the tale? -- The house of the seven gables : secrets of the heart -- The portrait of a lady : more stately mansions -- The awakening and "The Yellow Wallpaper" : ironies of independence -- The age of innocence : tribal rites in the urban village -- The professor's house : escape to the interior -- The great Gatsby : awakening from the American dream -- Absalom, absalom! : a house divided -- Postwar suburban fiction : American dream as nightmare -- Housekeeping and Beloved : when women come home.
