A companion to the literature and culture of the American West

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電子ブック

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edited by Nicolas S. Witschi

出版情報:

2011

著者名:

• Witschi, Nicolas S.
• Wiley InterScience (Online service)

シリーズ名:

Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 74

ISBN:

9781444396591 [1444396595]    
9781444350647 [1444350641]    
9781444396577 [1444396579]    

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Front Matter -- Introduction. Imagining the West / Nicolas S Witschi -- Regions and Histories. Exploration, Trading, Trapping, Travel, and Early Fiction, 1780₆1850 / Edward Watts -- Worlds of Wonder and Ambition: Gold Rush California and the Culture of Mining Bonanzas in the North American West / Peter J Blodgett -- The Literate West of Nineteenth-Century Periodicals / Tara Penry -- A History of American Women's Western Books, 1833₆1928 / Nina Baym -- Literary Cultures of the American Southwest / Daniel Worden -- Literary Cartography of the Great Plains / Susan Naramore Maher -- The Literary Northern Rockies as / O Alan Weltzien -- North by Northwest: The Last Frontier of Western Literature / Eric Heyne -- Chronotopes of the Asian American West / Hsuan L Hsu -- African American Literature and Culture and the American West / Michael K Johnson -- Mythical Frontiers: Manifest Destiny, Aztl̀n, and the Cosmic Race / John L Escobedo -- Writing the Indigenous West / Kathleen Washburn -- Framing Class in the Rural We
"Few geographical regions of the United States have been more glamorized, mythologized -- and misunderstood -- than the American West. A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West presents an in depth and highly detailed exploration of historic and contemporary cultural expressions rooted in America's western states. Historically and culturally, the West exhibits a richness and depth of cultural expression that is often at odds with the popular imagery. Divided into three thematic sections, the companion offers a series of illuminating essays by literary and cultural scholars to reveal the complexity of the many "Wests" in our imagination and reality. The first section considers the West chiefly through a historical lens, both literary and cultural, exploring such topics as exploration and Gold Rush narratives, women's writings, the growth of suburbs, class and postcolonial perspectives, and the myriad of cultural expressions from many of the West's sub-regions and population groups. The cha
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments. -- Note on Contributors. -- List of Illustrations -- Part I: Introduction. -- 1 Imagining The West (Nicolas S. Witschi). -- Part II: Regions and Histories. -- 2 Exploration, Trading, Trapping, Travel, and Early Fiction, 1780-1850 (Edward Watts). -- 3 Worlds of Wonder and Ambition: Gold Rush California and the Culture of Mining Bonanzas in the North American West (Peter Blodgett). -- 4 The Literate West of Nineteenth-Century Periodicals (Tara Penry). -- 5 A History of American Women's Western Books, 1833-1928 (Nina Baym). -- 6 Literary Cultures of the American Southwest (Daniel Worden). -- 7 Literary Cartography of the Great Plains (Susan Naremore Maher). -- 8 The Literary Northern Rockies as The Last Best Place (O. Alan Weltzien). -- 9 North by Northwest: The Last Frontier of Western Literature (Eric Heyne). -- 10 Chronotopes of the Asian American West (Hsuan L. Hsu). -- 11 African American Literature and Culture and the American West (Michael K. Johnson). --
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