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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449665403321

Autore

Coulombe Joseph L. <1966->

Titolo

Mark Twain and the American West [[electronic resource] /] / Joseph L. Coulombe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8262-6318-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Collana

Mark Twain and his circle series

Disciplina

818.409

Soggetti

Western stories - History and criticism

Indians in literature

Nature in literature

Electronic books.

West (U.S.) In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Go east, young man : class conflict and degenerate manhood in Mark Twain's early writings -- Mark Twain as western outlaw : masculine language, violence, and success in Roughing it -- Moneyed ruffians : the new American hero in Life on the Mississippi -- Mark Twain's Native Americans and the repeated racial pattern in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- The eco-criticized Huck Finn : another look at nature in the works of Mark Twain -- Mark Twain's influence on Willa Cather's West.