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1 online resource (415 pages). |
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text file |
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Costerus NS, 189
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Costerus NS ; 189.
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| Summary |
Books studying the presence of Spain in American literature, and the possible influence of Spain and its literature on American authors, are still rare. In 1955 appeared a pioneer work in this field - Stanley T. Williams' The Spanish Background of American Literature . But that book went no further than W.D. Howells' Familiar Spanish Travels, published in 1913. The Last Good Land covers most of the twentieth century, including such groups as the Lost Generation and African American writers and exiles. It also considers then recent revolution in Spanish cultural and historical thought introduc. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-405) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Cover; Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Table of Contents; Preface; Preface; 1. Spain and the United States within the Western Tradition; 1. Spain and the United States within the Western Tradition; 2. The Pioneers: Washington Irving and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; 2. The Pioneers: Washington Irving and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; 3. From Romantic Idealization to Realistic Ambiguity, or from the Civil War to the Cuban War; 3. From Romantic Idealization to Realistic Ambiguity, or from the Civil War to the Cuban War. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Spain -- In literature.
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Spain. |
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American literature -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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American literature -- Spanish influences.
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American literature -- Spanish influences. |
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Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Spain.
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Authors, American -- Homes and haunts. |
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Authors, American. |
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Americans -- Spain -- History.
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Americans. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Suarez-Galban, Eugenio. Last Good Land : Spain in American Literature. Amsterdam : Rodopi, ©2011 9789042033498 |
| ISBN |
9789401200486 |
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9401200483 |
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9042033495 (acid-free paper) |
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9789042033498 (acid-free paper) |
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9789042033498 |
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