Quest West : American Intellectual and Cultural Transformations /

Few spaces remain as central to American consciousness as the western frontier. The vast territory, which for generations fueled the desires and conquests of artists, philosophers, and politicians alike, now offers new discoveries in Richard Lehan's Quest West. Through an intellectual and cultu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lehan, Richard Daniel, 1930-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Geistesleben
Amerikanisches Englisch
Literatur
Popular culture.
Mass media.
Literature.
American literature.
ART > Reference.
ART > Performance.
Culture populaire > États-Unis.
Popular culture > West (U.S.)
Popular culture > United States.
American literature > History and criticism.
USA > Weststaaten
West United States.
United States.
West (U.S.) > In art.
West (U.S.) > In mass media.
West (U.S.) > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Art.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The wilderness frontier
  • The mythic West
  • The West as a state of mind
  • The realms of identity powered by an illusion
  • Historicism: romantic destiny transformed
  • The urban reach
  • Populism: the man behind the curtain
  • Progressivism: the urban crucible
  • Visions and revision: frontier variants
  • The dark side of the way West
  • Literary transformations
  • Realms of interpretation
  • Coda.

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