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Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ;
132. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.