Reading for liberalism [[electronic resource] ] : the Overland monthly and the writing of the modern American West / / Stephen J. Mexal |
Autore | Mexal Stephen J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8032-4559-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Altri titoli varianti | Overland monthly and the writing of the modern American West |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462894603321 |
Mexal Stephen J
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2013 | ||
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Reading for liberalism [[electronic resource] ] : the Overland monthly and the writing of the modern American West / / Stephen J. Mexal |
Autore | Mexal Stephen J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
ISBN |
1-4962-1134-0
0-8032-4559-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Altri titoli varianti | Overland monthly and the writing of the modern American West |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786114803321 |
Mexal Stephen J
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading for liberalism : the Overland monthly and the writing of the modern American West / / Stephen J. Mexal |
Autore | Mexal Stephen J |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
ISBN |
1-4962-1134-0
0-8032-4559-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Altri titoli varianti | Overland monthly and the writing of the modern American West |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828746803321 |
Mexal Stephen J
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Traces of gold [[electronic resource] ] : California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature / / Nicolas S. Witschi |
Autore | Witschi Nicolas S. <1966-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina |
810.93278
813.009/3278/09794 |
Collana | Studies in American literary realism and naturalism |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - California - History and criticism
Authors, American - Homes and haunts - California Natural resources - California Nature in literature Realism in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8173-1371-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454751103321 |
Witschi Nicolas S. <1966->
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Traces of gold [[electronic resource] ] : California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature / / Nicolas S. Witschi |
Autore | Witschi Nicolas S. <1966-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina |
810.93278
813.009/3278/09794 |
Collana | Studies in American literary realism and naturalism |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - California - History and criticism
Authors, American - Homes and haunts - California Natural resources - California Nature in literature Realism in literature |
ISBN | 0-8173-1371-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778039603321 |
Witschi Nicolas S. <1966->
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Traces of gold : California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature / / Nicolas S. Witschi |
Autore | Witschi Nicolas S. <1966-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina |
810.93278
813.009/3278/09794 |
Collana | Studies in American literary realism and naturalism |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - California - History and criticism
Authors, American - Homes and haunts - California Natural resources - California Nature in literature Realism in literature |
ISBN | 0-8173-1371-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809019203321 |
Witschi Nicolas S. <1966->
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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