Introduction
Denis Donoghue

Is There an American Narrative & What Is It
William H. Chafe

America’s Constitutional Narrative
Laurence H. Tribe

Narratives of the Constitutional Covenant
Peter Brooks

The American Mythos
Jay Parini

On Western Waters: Anglo-American Nonfictional Narrative in the Nineteenth Century
Rolena Adorno

The Accommodation of Protestant Christianity with the Enlightenment
David A. Hollinger

Why Diamonds Really are a Girl’s Best Friend
Linda K. Kerber

Exceptionalism’s Exceptions: The Changing American Narrative
David Levering Lewis

Narrative C
E. L. Doctorow

Spooked
Gish Jen

The Other Case
Michael Wood

Southern Literature: A Blending of Oral, Visual & Musical Voices
William Ferris

Death Comes to the Broadway Musical
Charlotte Greenspan

Poetry
On the Mountain & Otolith
Lavinia Greenlaw