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PS283.C2 W58 2002eb
PS283
.
C2
W58
2002eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0817313710
(Number (ISBN
9780817313715
Erroneous ISBN
0817311173
Erroneous ISBN
9780817311179
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b796844
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Traces of gold :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature /
First Statement of Responsibility
Nicolas S. Witschi.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Tuscaloosa :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Alabama Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 218 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-212) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Genres of Realism; 1. Bret Harte and the Gold Rush Claim to Realism; 2. John of the Mines: Muir's Picturesque Rewrite of the Gold Rush; 3. "Why, Have You Got the Atlantic Monthly Out Here?" W. D. Howells, Realism, and the Idea of the West; 4. 1902: The Generic Imagination in Transition; 5. "I Know What Is Best for You": Post-Howellsian Realism in Mary Austin's Desert Narratives; 6. Hard-Boiled Nature: California, Detective Fiction, and the Limits of Representation; Notes; Works Cited; Index
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Broadening our understanding of what constitutes "realism," Nicolas Witschi artfully demonstrates the linkage of American literary realism to the texts, myths, and resources of the American West. 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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Traces of gold.
International Standard Book Number
9780817311179
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American literature-- California-- History and criticism.
Authors, American-- Homes and haunts-- California.
Natural resources-- California.
Nature in literature.
Realism in literature.
American literature.
Authors, American-- Homes and haunts.
Intellectual life.
LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
Literature.
Natural resources.
Nature in literature.
Realism in literature.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
California, In literature.
California, Intellectual life.
California.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
LIT-- 004020
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
813
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009327809794
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
PS283
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C2
Book number
W58
2002eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Witschi, Nicolas S.,1966-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201207093954.0
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