[PDF] A History Of Western American Literature eBook

Author : Susan Kollin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 17,56 MB
Release : 2015-12-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1316033465

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The American West is a complex region that has inspired generations of writers and artists. Often portrayed as a quintessential landscape that symbolizes promise and progress for a developing nation, the American West is also a diverse space that has experienced conflicting and competing hopes and expectations. While it is frequently imagined as a place enabling dreams of new beginnings for settler communities, it is likewise home to long-standing indigenous populations as well as many other ethnic and racial groups who have often produced different visions of the land. This History encompasses the intricacy of Western American literature by exploring myriad genres and cultural movements, from ecocriticism, settler colonial studies and transnational theory, to race, ethnic, gender and sexuality studies. Written by a host of leading historians and literary critics, this book offers readers insight into the West as a site that sustains canonical and emerging authors alike, and as a region that exceeds national boundaries in addressing long-standing global concerns and developments.

Author : J. M. Cohen
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,16 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0202361853

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This book begins in a narrow territory, strictly Western, and extends with the passage of time to include the poetry, plays, novels, and works of speculation of the great authors of the past and present from Russia to Mexico. his objective is to tell the whole story of Western writing in languages other than English from the twelfth-century Chanson de Roland to Evtushenko's poetry of the 1960s. Cohen not only presents a factual account of historical growth. The book reflects the author's own judgments and valuations, arrived at in the course of almost forty years' reading in the main European languages. A work of original critism, A History of Western Literature immediately became a standard reference when first published. In this new edition, the author has included revisions covering the most important recent writers and their work. "Especially for American or British readers who want to explore under sensible guidance the main lines of Western letters, this carefully wrought handbook is indispensable."--Library Journal. "Considering Mr. Cohen's vast scope, his achievement is commendable. The information he presents is accurate. His style is surprisingly readable...."--Modern Language Journal. J. M. Cohen (1903-1989) was a widely known critic and a translator of French and Spanish literature. He was born in London and graduated from Cambridge University. His versions of Don Quixote, Gargantua and Pantagruel, and Rousseau's Confessions are recognized as among the finest modern translations.

Author : Richard Gray
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 21,13 MB
Release : 2010-12-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444392468

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A Brief History of American Literature offers students and general readers a concise and up-to-date history of the full range of American writing from its origins until the present day. Represents the only up-to-date concise history of American literature Covers fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction, as well as looking at other forms of literature including folktales, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller and science fiction Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past twenty years Offers students an abridged version of History of American Literature, a book widely considered the standard survey text Provides an invaluable introduction to the subject for students of American literature, American studies and all those interested in the literature and culture of the United States

Author : Richard W. Etulain
Publisher : Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 20,89 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :

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The recentness of most listings in this bibliography illustrates the growing interest in western literature in the last decades.

Author : Steven Frye
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 27,37 MB
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107095379

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This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the literature of the American West, one of the most vibrant and diverse literary traditions.

Author : Hans Bertens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 19,64 MB
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1135104581

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This comprehensive history of American Literature traces its development from the earliest colonial writings of the late 1500s through to the present day. This lively, engaging and highly accessible guide: offers lucid discussions of all major influences and movements such as Puritanism, Transcendentalism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism and Postmodernism draws on the historical, cultural, and political contexts of key literary texts and authors covers the whole range of American literature: prose, poetry, theatre and experimental literature includes substantial sections on native and ethnic American literatures explains and contextualises major events, terms and figures in American history. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to situate their reading of American Literature in the appropriate religious, cultural, and political contexts.

Author : Helen Winter Stauffer
Publisher : Whitston Publishing Company
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 12,2 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :

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This collection of essays about women and the West is organized under the following themes: "Shaping the Western Frontier: Women in History," "From Fact to Fiction: Myth as Filter," "Images in Transition and Conflict," and "Shaping Imaginative Frontiers." The themes are connected by the reappraisal of the impact of Western experience on American thought, and attitudes toward family, community, and the land. In exploring the roles and images of women in Western American tradition, the authors find that women's perceptions of values counter male myths of the West. ISBN 0-87875-229-3.