Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West

Summary: 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: 0521093422
ISBN: 9780521093422
ISBN: 9780511485527
ISBN: 0511485522
ISBN: 9780511308291
ISBN: 0511308299
ISBN: 9780511054693
ISBN: 0511054696
ISBN: 9781139148375
ISBN: 1139148370
ISBN: 6610161402
ISBN: 9786610161409
ISBN: 052181667X
ISBN: 9780521816670
ISBN: 9780511120817
ISBN: 0511120818
ISBN: 9780511069482
ISBN: 0511069480
ISBN: 9780511061028
ISBN: 0511061021
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : 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.