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J. David Stevens - The Word Rides Again. Rereading the Frontier in American Fiction.  - 9780821414187 - V9780821414187
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The Word Rides Again. Rereading the Frontier in American Fiction.

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Description for The Word Rides Again. Rereading the Frontier in American Fiction. Paperback. With much scholarship polarizing frontier novels into "popular" and "literary" camps, this work challenges the critical orthodoxy that such works have little in common, arguing that even the most formulaic Western fictions can subtly share cultural concerns with their more highbrow brethren. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 458. Weight in Grams: 426.

With much recent scholarship polarizing frontier novels into “popular” and “literary” camps, The Word Rides Again challenges the critical orthodoxy that such works have little in common, arguing instead that formulaic Western fictions can subtly (and even subversively) share cultural concerns with more highbrow brethren. Each chapter focuses on a writer who has traditionally been classified as either popular or artistic, reading a representative fictional work against prevailing scholarly trends. In this manner, Bret Harte’s sentimental stories become gender-bending experiments in which women assume male roles and even enjoy lesbian relationships. Owen Wister’s The Virginian is transmuted from a misogynistic ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821414187
SKU
V9780821414187
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Ref
99-15

About J. David Stevens
J. David Stevens is an assistant professor in the English department at Seton Hall University. He has published numerous articles on American and Canadian regional literatures, with a special interest in the West.

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