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

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) : illustrations Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [132] Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 132. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-255) and index Notes English Print version record Subject American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism Novelists, American -- Homes and haunts -- West (U.S.) Domestic fiction, American -- History and criticism National characteristics, American, in literature. Western stories -- History and criticism Frontier and pioneer life in literature. Family violence in literature. Women pioneers in literature. Marriage in literature. Violence in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature Domestic fiction, American Family violence in literature Frontier and pioneer life in literature Intellectual life Literature Marriage in literature National characteristics, American, in literature Novelists, American -- Homes and haunts Violence in literature Western stories Women pioneers in literature SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- Intellectual life West (U.S.) -- In literature Subject West United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2002016593 ISBN 0511061021 9780511061028 0511069480 9780511069482 0511120818 9780511120817 9780521816670 052181667X 9786610161409 6610161402 1139148370 9781139148375 0511054696 9780511054693 0511308299 9780511308291 0511485522 9780511485527 9780521093422 0521093422

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