David H. Hirsch 
Reality and Idea in the Early American Novel [PDF ebook] 

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