Reading for liberalism [[electronic resource] ] : the Overland monthly and the writing of the modern American West / / Stephen J. Mexal
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Mexal Stephen J
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Reading for liberalism [[electronic resource] ] : the Overland monthly and the writing of the modern American West / / Stephen J. Mexal
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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9/004 |
| Soggetto topico: | American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
| American literature - California - History and criticism | |
| Identity (Psychology) in literature | |
| Liberalism in literature | |
| Politics and literature - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | California In literature |
| West (U.S.) In literature | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: liberalism and the language of wilderness -- Theoria and liberal governmentality: travel in Bret Harte's Overland monthly -- Narrative and liberal selfhood: Noah Brooks and the aesthetics of history -- "With which it was my fortune to be affiliated": social contingency in the life and poetry of Ina Coolbrith -- The limits of liberalism: Chinese, Indians, and the politics of cosmopolitanism in the West -- The greening of nineteenth-century liberalism: John Muir's wilderness and the discourse of civilization -- The brute's luck: liberal egalitarianism and the politics of literary naturalism -- Conclusion: the Overland group, luck, and the writing of the West. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <DIV>Stephen J. Mexal is an associate professor of English at California State University, Fullerton. </DIV> |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Overland monthly and the writing of the modern American West |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Reading for liberalism |
| ISBN: | 0-8032-4559-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462894603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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