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Traces of Gold: California's Natural Resources and the Claim to Realism in Western American Literature (Amer Lit Realism & Naturalism)
Professor Nicolas S. Witschi
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Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
From Gold Rush romances to cowboy Westerns, from hard-boiled detective thrillers to nature writing, the American West has long been known mainly through hackneyed representations in popular genres. But a close look at the literary history of the West reveals a number of writers who claim that their works represent the ""real"" West. As Nicolas Witschi shows, writers as varied as Bret Harte, John Muir, Frank Norris, Mary Austin, and Raymond Chandler have used claims of textual realism to engage, replicate, or challenge commonly held assumptions about the West, while historically acknowledged realists like William Dean Howells and Mark Twain ... Read more
From Gold Rush romances to cowboy Westerns, from hard-boiled detective thrillers to nature writing, the American West has long been known mainly through hackneyed representations in popular genres. But a close look at the literary history of the West reveals a number of writers who claim that their works represent the ""real"" West. As Nicolas Witschi shows, writers as varied as Bret Harte, John Muir, Frank Norris, Mary Austin, and Raymond Chandler have used claims of textual realism to engage, replicate, or challenge commonly held assumptions about the West, while historically acknowledged realists like William Dean Howells and Mark Twain ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817357412
SKU
V9780817357412
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