Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
Farmington Hills, Mi Gale 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780787631062
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078763106X
Series Statement:
Dictionary of literary biography v. 212
Content:
Rick Bass (1958-) -- Matt Braun (1932-) - Peggy Pond Church (1903-1986) - J. California Cooper (19??-) - J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964) - Gretel Ehrlich (1946-) - William Everson (Brother Antoninus) (1912-1994) -Tess Gallagher (1943-) - Zane Grey (1872-1939) - A. B. Guthrie Jr. (1901-1991) - John Haines (1924-) - Gerald Haslam (1937-) - Paul Horgan (1903-1995) -Emerson Hough (1857-1923) -William Humphrey (1924-1997) -David Henry Hwang (1957-) - Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) - Maxine Hong Kingston (1940-) - William Kittredge (1932-) - Jack London (1876-1916) - Frederick Manfred (1912-1994) - Thomas McGuane (1939-) - D'Arcy McNickle (1904-1977) - Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982) - Conrad Richter (1890-1968) - O.E. Rolvaag (1876-1931) -Mari Sandoz (1896-1966) - Jack Schaefer (1907-1991) - Sam Shepard (1943-) - Gary Snyder (1930-) - John Steinbeck (1902-1968) - Frank Waters (1902-1995).
Content:
Essays on authors of American Western literature suggesting the enormous diversity of North America's Western peoples, visions and possibilities. These writers share a common awe of the immensity of the West while also exhibiting a wide range of individual, cultural and ethical literary responses to the nature and meaning of the Western experience. Includes discussion of the transformation of the West after World War II and the cultural shock of the late 1960s
Note:
Original 374 p
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Mode of access: Internet.
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
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