Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West / William R. Handley.
In Marriage, Violence and the Nation in the American Literary West, William R. Handley examines literary interpretations of the western American past. Handley examines works of historiography, as well as writing by Zane Grey, Willa Cather, Wallace Stegner and Joan Didion among others.
Record details
- ISBN: 0511061021
- ISBN: 9780511061028
- ISBN: 0511069480
- ISBN: 9780511069482
- ISBN: 0511120818
- ISBN: 9780511120817
- ISBN: 9780521816670
- ISBN: 052181667X
- ISBN: 9786610161409
- ISBN: 6610161402
- ISBN: 1139148370
- ISBN: 9781139148375
- ISBN: 0511054696
- ISBN: 9780511054693
- ISBN: 0511308299
- ISBN: 9780511308291
- ISBN: 0511485522
- ISBN: 9780511485527
- ISBN: 9780521093422
- ISBN: 0521093422
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) : illustrations
- Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-255) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Western unions -- Turner's rhetorical frontier -- Marrying for race and nation: Wister's omniscience and omissions -- Polygamy and empire: Grey's distinctions -- Unwedded west: Cather's divides -- Accident and destiny: Fitzgerald's fantastic geography -- Promises and betrayals: Joan Didion and Wallace Stegner. |
Language Note: | English. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | Electronic book. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. |