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Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West
- Title
- Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West / William R. Handley.
- Author
- Handley, William R.
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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- Description
- xi, 261 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [132]
- Subjects
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- American literature > West (U.S.) > History and criticism
- Family violence in literature
- Domestic fiction, American > History and criticism
- Violence in literature
- National characteristics, American, in literature
- Women pioneers in literature
- West (U.S.) > In literature
- Western stories > History and criticism
- Novelists, American > Homes and haunts > West (U.S.)
- Marriage in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-255) and index.
- Contents
- Western unions -- Turner's rhetorical frontier -- Marrying for race and nation: Wister's omniscience and omissions -- Polygamy and empire: Grey's distinctions -- Unwedded west: Cather's divides -- Accident and destiny: Fitzgerald's fantastic geography -- Promises and betrayals: Joan Didion and Wallace Stegner.
- Call Number
- JFE 03-15453
- ISBN
- 052181667X (HB)
- LCCN
- 2002016593
- OCLC
- 48892767
- Author
- Handley, William R.
- Title
- Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West / William R. Handley.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Series
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [132]
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-255) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-15453