A companion to the literature and culture of the American West /

A companion to the literature and culture of the American West /

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"Few geographical regions of the United States have been more glamorized, mythologized -- and misunderstood -- than the American West. A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West presents an in depth and highly detailed exploration of historic and contemporary cultural expres...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Witschi, Nicolas S., 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
Series:Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 74
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism
American literature
Kultur
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General
Literatur
Literature
Mass media
West (U.S.) > In art
West (U.S.) > In literature
West (U.S.) > In mass media
USA
USA > Weststaaten (Motiv)
USA > Weststaaten
United States, West
Verenigde Staten
West United States
Wilder Westen
Art
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction. Imagining the West / Nicolas S Witschi
  • Regions and Histories. Exploration, Trading, Trapping, Travel, and Early Fiction, 1780₆1850 / Edward Watts
  • Worlds of Wonder and Ambition: Gold Rush California and the Culture of Mining Bonanzas in the North American West / Peter J Blodgett
  • The Literate West of Nineteenth-Century Periodicals / Tara Penry
  • A History of American Women's Western Books, 1833₆1928 / Nina Baym
  • Literary Cultures of the American Southwest / Daniel Worden
  • Literary Cartography of the Great Plains / Susan Naramore Maher
  • The Literary Northern Rockies as / O Alan Weltzien
  • North by Northwest: The Last Frontier of Western Literature / Eric Heyne
  • Chronotopes of the Asian American West / Hsuan L Hsu
  • African American Literature and Culture and the American West / Michael K Johnson
  • Mythical Frontiers: Manifest Destiny, Aztl̀n, and the Cosmic Race / John L Escobedo
  • Writing the Indigenous West / Kathleen Washburn
  • Framing Class in the Rural West: Cowboys, Double-Wides, and McMansions / Nancy Cook
  • Postcolonial West / Alex Hunt
  • New West, Urban and Suburban Spaces, Postwest / Krista Comer
  • Varieties and Forms. What we talk about when we talk about Western Art / Brian W Dippie
  • ₃All Hat and No Cattle₄: Romance, Realism, and Late Nineteenth-Century Western American Fiction / Gary Scharnhorst
  • The Coyote Nature of Cowboy Poetry / Barbara Barney Nelson
  • ₃The Wind Blew them Away₄: Folksinging the West, 1880₆1930 / David Fenimore
  • Autobiography / Gioia Woods
  • Housing the American West: Western Women's Literature, Early Twentieth Century and Beyond / Cathryn Halverson
  • The Apple doesn't fall Far from the Tree: Western American Literature and Environmental Literary Criticism / Hal Crimmel
  • Detective Fiction / Nicolas S Witschi
  • The American Western Film / Corey K Creekmur
  • Post-Western Cinema / Neil Campbell
  • Issues, Themes, Case Studies. America Unscripted: Performing the Wild West / Jefferson D Slagle
  • Revising Public Memory in the American West: Native American Performance in the / Karen E Ramirez
  • Omnimedia Marketing: The Case of / Chadwick Allen
  • The Nuclear Southwest / Audrey Goodman
  • Ranging over Stegner's Arid West: Mobility as Adaptive Strategy / Bonney MacDonald
  • The Global West: Temporality, Spatial Politics, and Literary Production / Susan Kollin
  • Tumbling Dice: The Problem of Las Vegas / Stephen Tatum, Nathaniel Lewis
  • Index
  • Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments.
  • Note on Contributors.
  • List of Illustrations
  • Part I: Introduction.
  • 1 Imagining The West (Nicolas S. Witschi).
  • Part II: Regions and Histories.
  • 2 Exploration, Trading, Trapping, Travel, and Early Fiction, 1780-1850 (Edward Watts).
  • 3 Worlds of Wonder and Ambition: Gold Rush California and the Culture of Mining Bonanzas in the North American West (Peter Blodgett).
  • 4 The Literate West of Nineteenth-Century Periodicals (Tara Penry).
  • 5 A History of American Women's Western Books, 1833-1928 (Nina Baym).
  • 6 Literary Cultures of the American Southwest (Daniel Worden).
  • 7 Literary Cartography of the Great Plains (Susan Naremore Maher).
  • 8 The Literary Northern Rockies as The Last Best Place (O. Alan Weltzien).
  • 9 North by Northwest: The Last Frontier of Western Literature (Eric Heyne).
  • 10 Chronotopes of the Asian American West (Hsuan L. Hsu).
  • 11 African American Literature and Culture and the American West (Michael K. Johnson).
  • 12 Mythical Frontiers: Manifest Destiny, Aztlán, and the Cosmic Race (John L. Escobedo).
  • 13 Native American Literature and Culture of the American West (Kathleen Washburn).
  • 14 Framing Class in the Rural West: Cowboys, Double-Wides and McMansions (Nancy Cook).
  • 15 Postcolonial West (Alex Hunt).
  • 16 New West, Urban and Suburban Spaces, Postwest (Krista Comer).
  • Part III: Varieties and Forms.
  • 17 What We Talk about When We Talk about Western Art (Brian W. Dippie).
  • 18 "All Hat and No Cattle": Romance, Realism, and Late-19th-Century Western American Fiction (Gary Scharnhorst).
  • 19 The Coyote Nature of Cowboy Poetry (Barbara Barney Nelson).
  • 20 "The Wind Blew Them Away": Folksinging the West, 1880-1930 (David Fenimore).
  • 21 Autobiography (Gioia Woods).
  • 22 Housing the American West: Western Women's Literature, Early Twentieth Century and Beyond (Cathryn Halverson).
  • 23 The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree: Western American Literature and Environmental Literary Criticism (Hal Crimmel).
  • 24 Detective Fiction (Nicolas S. Witschi).
  • 25 The American Western Film (Corey Creekmur).
  • 26 Post-Western Cinema (Neil Campbell).
  • Part IV: Issues, Themes, Case Studies.
  • 27 America Unscripted: Performing the Wild West (Jefferson Slagle).
  • 28 Revising Public Memory in the American West: Native American Performance in the Ramona Outdoor Play (Karen E. Ramirez).
  • 29 Omnimedia Marketing: The Case of The Lone Ranger (Chadwick Allen).
  • 30 The Nuclear Southwest (Audrey Goodman).
  • 31 Ranging Over Stegner's Arid West: Mobility as Adaptive Strategy (Bonney MacDonald).
  • 32 The Global West: Temporality, Spatial Politics, and Literary Production (Susan Kollin).
  • 33 Tumbling Dice: The Problem of Las Vegas (Stephen Tatum and Nathaniel Lewis)
  • Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments.
  • Note on Contributors.
  • List of Illustrations
  • Part I: Introduction.
  • 1 Imagining The West (Nicolas S. Witschi).
  • Part II: Regions and Histories.
  • 2 Exploration, Trading, Trapping, Travel, and Early Fiction, 1780-1850 (Edward Watts).
  • 3 Worlds of Wonder and Ambition: Gold Rush California and the Culture of Mining Bonanzas in the North American West (Peter Blodgett).
  • 4 The Literate West of Nineteenth-Century Periodicals (Tara Penry).
  • 5 A History of American Women's Western Books, 1833-1928 (Nina Baym).
  • 6 Literary Cultures of the American Southwest (Daniel Worden).
  • 7 Literary Cartography of the Great Plains (Susan Naremore Maher).
  • 8 The Literary Northern Rockies as The Last Best Place (O. Alan Weltzien).
  • 9 North by Northwest: The Last Frontier of Western Literature (Eric Heyne).
  • 10 Chronotopes of the Asian American West (Hsuan L. Hsu).
  • 11 African American Literature and Culture and the American West (Michael K. Johnson).
  • 12 Mythical Frontiers: Manifest Destiny, Aztlán, and the Cosmic Race (John L. Escobedo).
  • 13 Native American Literature and Culture of the American West (Kathleen Washburn).
  • 14 Framing Class in the Rural West: Cowboys, Double-Wides and McMansions (Nancy Cook).
  • 15 Postcolonial West (Alex Hunt).
  • 16 New West, Urban and Suburban Spaces, Postwest (Krista Comer).
  • Part III: Varieties and Forms.
  • 17 What We Talk about When We Talk about Western Art (Brian W. Dippie).
  • 18 "All Hat and No Cattle": Romance, Realism, and Late-19th-Century Western American Fiction (Gary Scharnhorst).
  • 19 The Coyote Nature of Cowboy Poetry (Barbara Barney Nelson).
  • 20 "The Wind Blew Them Away": Folksinging the West, 1880-1930 (David Fenimore).
  • 21 Autobiography (Gioia Woods).
  • 22 Housing the American West: Western Women's Literature, Early Twentieth Century and Beyond (Cathryn Halverson).
  • 23 The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree: Western American Literature and Environmental Literary Criticism (Hal Crimmel).
  • 24 Detective Fiction (Nicolas S. Witschi).
  • 25 The American Western Film (Corey Creekmur).
  • 26 Post-Western Cinema (Neil Campbell).
  • Part IV: Issues, Themes, Case Studies.
  • 27 America Unscripted: Performing the Wild West (Jefferson Slagle).
  • 28 Revising Public Memory in the American West: Native American Performance in the Ramona Outdoor Play (Karen E. Ramirez).
  • 29 Omnimedia Marketing: The Case of The Lone Ranger (Chadwick Allen).
  • 30 The Nuclear Southwest (Audrey Goodman).
  • 31 Ranging Over Stegner's Arid West: Mobility as Adaptive Strategy (Bonney MacDonald).
  • 32 The Global West: Temporality, Spatial Politics, and Literary Production (Susan Kollin).
  • 33 Tumbling Dice: The Problem of Las Vegas (Stephen Tatum and Nathaniel Lewis)

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