An edition of The novel of the American West (1980)

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An edition of The novel of the American West (1980)

The novel of the American West

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The chief concern of this study is what the author calls the capital W Western novel -- the serious work of literature which is as well written and as significant as the major novels of any other region, but which has gone relatively unnoticed or has been misunderstood by critics because it has been confused generically with the lowercase w western: the popular, formula western hacked out for the mass market. - Jacket flap.

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University of Nebraska Press
Language
English
Pages
341

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Subjects
In literature, American fiction, History and criticism, West (u.s.), in literature, Literature, Westernroman, Roman américain, Histoire et critique, États-Unis (Ouest) dans la littérature
Places
West (U.S.)

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Cover of: The novel of the American West
The novel of the American West
1980, University of Nebraska Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction
The popular or formula Western
The writer's West
The evolution of the Western novel
Vardis Fisher : the struggle of rationalism
The historical inheritance : Guthrie and Manfred
Walter van Tilburg Clark : the Western attitude
Harvey Fergusson and the Spanish Southwest
Intuition and the dance of life : Frank Waters
The distant music : variations on Western realism

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 325-332.
Includes index.

Published in
Lincoln

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.0874
Library of Congress
PS374.W4 M49 1980, PS374.W4, PS3563.I454 N68

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xvi, 341 p.
Number of pages
341
Dimensions
23 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4413942M
Internet Archive
novelofamerican00john
ISBN 10
0803209800
ISBN 13
9780803209800
LCCN
79017713
OCLC/WorldCat
5239873
Library Thing
6251226
Goodreads
4460945

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