IntroductionDenis DonoghueIs There an American Narrative & What Is ItWilliam H. ChafeAmerica’s Constitutional NarrativeLaurence H. TribeNarratives of the Constitutional CovenantPeter BrooksThe American MythosJay PariniOn Western Waters: Anglo-American Nonfictional Narrative in the Nineteenth CenturyRolena AdornoThe Accommodation of Protestant Christianity with the EnlightenmentDavid A. HollingerWhy Diamonds Really are a Girl’s Best FriendLinda K. KerberExceptionalism’s Exceptions: The Changing American NarrativeDavid Levering LewisNarrative CE. L. DoctorowSpookedGish JenThe Other CaseMichael WoodSouthern Literature: A Blending of Oral, Visual & Musical VoicesWilliam FerrisDeath Comes to the Broadway MusicalCharlotte GreenspanPoetryOn the Mountain & OtolithLavinia Greenlaw