Title Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West / William R. Handley.

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Description	xi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 132
	Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 132.
Bibliography	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.
Subject	American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism.
	American literature.
	Novelists, American -- Homes and haunts -- West (U.S.)
	Novelists, American -- Homes and haunts.
	Novelists, American.
	Domestic fiction, American -- History and criticism.
	Domestic fiction, American.
	National characteristics, American, in literature.
	National characteristics, American, in literature.
	Western stories -- History and criticism.
	Western stories.
	Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
	Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
	West (U.S.) -- Intellectual life.
	Family violence in literature.
	Family violence in literature.
	Women pioneers in literature.
	Women pioneers in literature.
	West (U.S.) -- In literature.
	Marriage in literature.
	Marriage in literature.
	Violence in literature.
	Violence in literature.
ISBN	052181667X hardback