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