The word rides again : rereading the frontier in American fiction / J. David Stevens.
The word rides again : rereading the frontier in American fiction / J. David Stevens.
The word rides again : rereading the frontier in American fiction / J. David Stevens.
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Publisher
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2002.
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N813.0874/5
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English
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Physical content
xx, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Preface: A Personal Beginning -- Introduction: The "Origin" of the Popular Western and Some Themes -- 1. Hobomok: A Brief Case Study from the Beginning of the Genre -- 2. "She war a woman": Family Roles, Gender, and Sexuality in Bret Harte's Western Fiction -- 3. "Don't forget the cowboys, Sandy": M...
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Publisher
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2002.
Place of Publication
Ohio
Date Published
c2002.
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Summary
"The Word Rides Again represents a significant departure from more traditional studies of frontier literature. It reaffirms the continuum between popular and literary texts and explores the ways that frontier novels have echoed, endorsed, and extended each other from the inception of the genre."--BOOK JACKET....
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The word rides again : rereading the frontier in American fiction / J. David Stevens.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.
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English.
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N813.0874/5
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74Vv4XbbzwOl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv4XbbzwOl
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ISBN
0821414186 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780821414170 (cloth : alk. paper)
0821414178 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780821414187 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
813.087409
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991015498569702626
