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1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [132]
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Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 132.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-255) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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Novelists, American -- Homes and haunts -- West (U.S.)
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Novelists, American -- Homes and haunts. |
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Novelists, American. |
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Domestic fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Domestic fiction, American. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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Western stories -- History and criticism.
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Western stories. |
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Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
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Frontier and pioneer life in literature. |
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West (U.S.) -- Intellectual life.
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Family violence in literature.
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Family violence in literature. |
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Women pioneers in literature.
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Women pioneers in literature. |
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West (U.S.) -- In literature.
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Marriage in literature.
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Marriage in literature. |
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Violence in literature.
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Violence in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Handley, William R. Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 052181667X (DLC) 2002016593 (OCoLC)48892767 |
| ISBN |
0511061021 (electronic book) |
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9780511061028 (electronic book) |
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0511069480 |
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9780511069482 |
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0511120818 (electronic book) |
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9780511120817 (electronic book) |
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9780521816670 (hardback) |
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052181667X (hardback) |
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