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Subject(s)

• American literature—History and criticism [Browse]
• West (U.S.)—In literature [Browse]
• West (U.S.)—In mass media [Browse]
• West (U.S.)—In art [Browse]
• Popular culture—United States [Browse]
• Popular culture—West (U.S.). [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index.

Contents

• The wilderness frontier
• The mythic West
• The West as a state of mind
• The realms of identity powered by an illusion
• Historicism: romantic destiny transformed
• The urban reach
• Populism: the man behind the curtain
• Progressivism: the urban crucible
• Visions and revision: frontier variants
• The dark side of the way West
• Literary transformations
• Realms of interpretation
• Coda.

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ISBN

• 9780807153918 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0807153915 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2013023699

OCLC

852488408

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