# The American novel to-day Author: Michaud, Régis, 1880-1939 Genre: American fiction -- History and criticism Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78461 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+American+novel+to-day+Michaud&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The last fifteen years have seen a complete revolution in old American literary ideals. There has been a new efflorescence of poetry known as the “new poetry” movement. On the stage, after the attempts of William Vaughn Moody to renew the American drama, by fusing together realism and symbolism, Eugene O’Neill appeared and showed originality in his lyric dramatizations. In criticism, talents of the first order were revealed. The din of battles, the eagerness of controversies bear witness to the existence of an intensive, intellectual life in the United States to-day. Romanticism _versus_ classicism, progress _versus_ tradition, or, to speak the language of the country, radicalism _versus_... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-american-novel-to-day-78461/chapters/10/index.md)