Before the West Was West : Critical Essays on Pre-1800 Literature of the American Frontiers.

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Before the West Was West examines the extent to which scholars have engaged in-depth with pre-1800 "western" texts and asks what we mean by "western" American literature in the first place and when that designation originated. Calling into question the implicit temporal boundarie...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamilton, Amy T.
Otros Autores: Hillard, Tom J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2014.
Temas:
1600-1799
American literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Littérature américaine > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
American literature
Frontier and pioneer life in literature
Literature
West (U.S.) > In literature.
West United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Foreword by Michael P. Branch
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. From Hunahpu to Hiawatha
  • 2. When the East Was West
  • 3. Accommodating Presence
  • 4. Captured by Genre
  • 5. The Royal Frontier
  • 6. Frontier Commonwealths
  • 7. The Bad Guys Wear Tricornered Hats
  • 8. The Removes of Harriot Stuart
  • 9. Contrast and Contradiction
  • 10. The Business of Heaven and Earth
  • 11. An Eighteenth-Century Narrative of Encounter in the Trans-Mississippi West
  • 12. Harmonizing the “Westâ€?
  • ContributorsIndex
  • About Amy T. Hamilton
  • About Tom J. Hillard
  • About Michael P. Branch

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