It can be inferred from the passage that the author uses the phrase "works of popular culture" primarily to refer to the A. work of a large group of writers that was published between 1880 and 1930 and that in Stilgoe's view was highly critical of the railroad B. work of writers who were heavily influenced by Hawthorne and Thoreau C. large volume of writing produced by Henry Adams, Sinclair Lewis, and Eugene O'Neill D. work of journalists, novelists, and illustrators who were responsible for creating enthusiasm for the railroad during the 1830s E. work of journalists, novelists, and illustrators that was published after 1880 and that has received little attention from scholars other than Stilgoe