Beyond the frontier : writers, Western regionalism, and a sense of place /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Simonson, Harold P. (Harold Peter), 1926-2011
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, ©1989.
Subjects:
American literature > West (U.S.) > History and criticism.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Western stories > History and criticism.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Regionalism in literature.
Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Littérature régionale.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Western stories.
West (U.S.) > Intellectual life.
West (U.S.) > In literature.
West United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Prospects, limitations and a sense of regional place : an introduction
  • 2. Frederick Jackson Turner : frontier as symbol
  • 3. The tempered romanticism of John Muir
  • 4. The West as apotheosis
  • 5. The closed frontier and American tragedy
  • 6. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : barriers and boundaries
  • 7. Ole Rölvaag and the immigrant promise denied
  • 8. California, Nathanael West and the journey's end
  • 9. The West and eschatology
  • 10. Regionalism as Frontier synthesis
  • 11. Three Montana regionalists : Ivan Doig, James Welch, Norman Maclean
  • 12. Home and the good life : conclusion.

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