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Exploding the Western
Sara L. Spurgeon
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Paperback. The frontier and Western expansionism are so quintessentially a part of American history that the literature of the West and Southwest is in some senses national literature. Sara L. Spurgeon focuses on three writers whose works exemplify engagement with the theme of the frontier. Series: Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
The frontier and Western expansionism are so quintessentially a part of American history that the literature of the West and Southwest is in some senses the least regional and the most national literature of all. The frontier - the place where cultures meet and rewrite themselves upon each other's texts - continues to energize writers whose fiction evokes, destroys, and rebuilds the myth in ways that attract popular audiences and critics alike. Sara L. Spurgeon focuses on three writers whose works not only exemplify the kind of engagement with the theme of the frontier that modern authors make, but also ... Read more
The frontier and Western expansionism are so quintessentially a part of American history that the literature of the West and Southwest is in some senses the least regional and the most national literature of all. The frontier - the place where cultures meet and rewrite themselves upon each other's texts - continues to energize writers whose fiction evokes, destroys, and rebuilds the myth in ways that attract popular audiences and critics alike. Sara L. Spurgeon focuses on three writers whose works not only exemplify the kind of engagement with the theme of the frontier that modern authors make, but also ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781585444229
SKU
V9781585444229
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About Sara L. Spurgeon
Sara L. Spurgeon is a visiting assistant professor in women's studies at the University of Arizona. She co-authored Writing the Southwest, a literary biography of fourteen contemporary southwestern authors, and has had several short stories published. Her short story ""River Man"" won the D. H. Lawrence prize for fiction in 1993.
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