According to the author, the attitude toward the railroad that was reflected in writings of Henry James, Sinclair Lewis, and F. Scott Fitzgerald was A. influenced by the writings of Frank Norris, Eugene O'Neill, and Henry Adams B. similar to that of the minority of writers who had expressed ambivalence toward the railroad prior to the 1880s C. consistent with the public attitudes toward the railroad that were reflected in works of popular culture after the 1880s D. largely a reaction to the works of writers who had been severely critical of the railroad in the 1830s E. consistent with the prevailing attitude toward the railroad during the 1830s