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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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xi, 261 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [132]

Subject

• American literature > West (U.S.) > History and criticism
• Novelists, American > Homes and haunts > West (U.S.)
• Domestic fiction, American > History and criticism
• National characteristics, American, in literature
• Western stories > History and criticism
• Frontier and pioneer life in literature
• Family violence in literature
• Women pioneers in literature
• Marriage in literature
• Violence in literature
• West (U.S.) > 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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JFE 03-15453