Literary works:
H. James, “The Real Thing” (1892) [anche in Norton Anthology]
C.P. Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) [anche in Norton Anthology]
S. Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) [anche in Norton Anthology]
K. Chopin, The Awakening (1899) [anche in Norton Anthology]
Dreiser, Theodore, “Old Rogaum and His Theresa” (1901) [disponibile online]

Critical bibliography:
- Oxford Handbook of American Realism, ed. by Keith Newlin, Oxford U.P., 2019;
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Literary Realism, ed. by Phillip J. Barrish, Cambridge U.P., 2011;
- Kaplan, Amy, The Social Construction of American Realism, Chicago U.P., 1988;
- Documents of American Realism and Naturalism, ed. by Donald Pizer, Southern Illinois U.P., 1998;
- American Realism: New Essays, ed. by Eric Sundquist, Johns Hopkins U.P., 1982;
- Budd, L.J., “The American Background”, in The Cambridge Companion to American Realism and Naturalism, ed. D. Pizer, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1995, pp. 21-46. [disponibile in biblioteca].

Bibliography on the specific works: [all available from Jstor database]
- G. Monteiro, “Realization in Henry James’ ‘The Real Thing’”, American Literary Realism 36/1 (2003), pp. 40-50.
- J. Wolter, “‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’: The Ambivalence of Changing Discourses”, Amerikastudien / American Studies 54/2 (2009), pp. 195-210.
- K. Gandal, “Stephen Crane’s ‘Maggie’ and the Modern Soul”, ELH 60/3 (1993), pp. 759-785.
oppure A. Lawson, “Class Mimicry in Stephen Crane’s City”, American Literary History 16/4 (2004), pp. 596-618.
- T.K. Parmiter, “Taking the Waters: The Summer Place and Women’s Health in Kate Chopin’s ‘The Awakening’”, American Literary Realism 39/1
(2006), pp. 1-19.
- J. Griffin, “‘Butcher Rogaum’s Door’: Dreiser’s Early Tale of New York”, American Literary Realism 17/1 (1984), pp. 24-31.