Traces of gold : California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature /

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Broadening our understanding of what constitutes "realism," Nicolas Witschi artfully demonstrates the linkage of American literary realism to the texts, myths, and resources of the American West. From Gold Rush romances to cowboy Westerns, from hard-boiled detective thrillers to nature wri...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Witschi, Nicolas S., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2002.
Colección:Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
Temas:
American literature > California > History and criticism.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts > California.
Natural resources > California.
Realism in literature.
Nature in literature.
Écrivains américains > Résidences et lieux familiers > Californie.
Nature dans la littérature.
Réalisme dans la littérature.
Ressources naturelles > Californie.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Natural resources.
California > Intellectual life.
California > In literature.
Californie > Dans la littérature.
Californie > Vie intellectuelle.
California.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Genres of Realism; 1. Bret Harte and the Gold Rush Claim to Realism; 2. John of the Mines: Muir's Picturesque Rewrite of the Gold Rush; 3. "Why, Have You Got the Atlantic Monthly Out Here?" W.D. Howells, Realism, and the Idea of the West; 4. 1902: The Generic Imagination in Transition; 5. "I Know What Is Best for You": Post-Howellsian Realism in Mary Austin's Desert Narratives; 6. Hard-Boiled Nature: California, Detective Fiction, and the Limits of Representation; Notes; Works Cited; Index

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