LEADER 03382nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910454751103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-1371-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000775006 035 $a(EBL)454595 035 $a(OCoLC)427567264 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000260793 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11209524 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260793 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10256667 035 $a(PQKB)11406529 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454595 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8702 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454595 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309005 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000775006 100 $a20010606d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTraces of gold$b[electronic resource] $eCalifornia's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature /$fNicolas S. Witschi 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in American literary realism and naturalism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1117-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Genres of Realism; 1. Bret Harte and the Gold Rush Claim to Realism; 2. John of the Mines: Muir's Picturesque Rewrite of the Gold Rush; 3. "Why, Have You Got the Atlantic Monthly Out Here?" W. D. Howells, Realism, and the Idea of the West; 4. 1902: The Generic Imagination in Transition; 5. "I Know What Is Best for You": Post-Howellsian Realism in Mary Austin's Desert Narratives; 6. Hard-Boiled Nature: California, Detective Fiction, and the Limits of Representation; Notes; Works Cited; Index 330 $a Broadening our understanding of what constitutes ""realism,"" Nicolas Witschi artfully demonstrates the linkage of American literary realism to the texts, myths, and resources of the American West. From Gold Rush romances to cowboy Westerns, from hard-boiled detective thrillers to nature writing, the American West has long been known mainly through hackneyed representations in popular genres. But a close look at the literary history of the West reveals a number of writers who claim that their works represent the ""real"" West. As Nicolas Witschi shows, writers as varie 410 0$aStudies in American literary realism and naturalism. 606 $aAmerican literature$zCalifornia$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAuthors, American$xHomes and haunts$zCalifornia 606 $aNatural resources$zCalifornia 606 $aNature in literature 606 $aRealism in literature 607 $aCalifornia$xIn literature 607 $aCalifornia$xIntellectual life 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAuthors, American$xHomes and haunts 615 0$aNatural resources 615 0$aNature in literature. 615 0$aRealism in literature. 676 $a810.93278 676 $a813.009/3278/09794 700 $aWitschi$b Nicolas S.$f1966-$0998810 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454751103321 996 $aTraces of gold$92488987 997 $aUNINA