Cowboy politics : myths and discourses in popular westerns from the Virginian to Unforgiven and Deadwood / / John S. Nelson |
Autore | Nelson John S. <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 pages) |
Disciplina | 813/.087409 |
Collana | Politics, Literature, and Film |
Soggetto topico |
Politics and literature - United States - History
American fiction - West (U.S.) - History and criticism |
ISBN | 1-4985-4948-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "The signs in this book spoke to him": the western craft of culture and convention -- "The stories of the West are many": the western craft of dream and daring -- "Strike first and then give tongue": the western culture of honor and anger -- "Without law, man becomes a beast": the western culture of rationality and sovereignty -- "The cowboy represents that independent spirit": the western culture of individuals and nations -- "Live with honor and [leave] our mark": the western culture of honor and character -- "What's he going to get out of this?": the western culture of interest and character -- "Why had he waited so long to speak?": the western craft of pride and performance -- "A track is not only marks upon the earth": the western craft of faces and traces -- "It's not revenge he's after; it's a reckoning": the western culture of fear and terror -- "Accurate description [with] poetry to the language": the western craft of myth and symbol -- "A show had to be real and yet not real": the western craft of celebrity and spectacle -- "Revenge broke it, and disease": the western craft of forgiving and forgetting -- "Tell him something pretty": the western craft of word and deed -- "In whose keeping would the horse have been?": the western culture of horizons and responsibilities. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796649103321 |
Nelson John S. <1950->
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Cowboy politics : myths and discourses in popular westerns from the Virginian to Unforgiven and Deadwood / / John S. Nelson |
Autore | Nelson John S. <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 pages) |
Disciplina | 813/.087409 |
Collana | Politics, Literature, and Film |
Soggetto topico |
Politics and literature - United States - History
American fiction - West (U.S.) - History and criticism |
ISBN | 1-4985-4948-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "The signs in this book spoke to him": the western craft of culture and convention -- "The stories of the West are many": the western craft of dream and daring -- "Strike first and then give tongue": the western culture of honor and anger -- "Without law, man becomes a beast": the western culture of rationality and sovereignty -- "The cowboy represents that independent spirit": the western culture of individuals and nations -- "Live with honor and [leave] our mark": the western culture of honor and character -- "What's he going to get out of this?": the western culture of interest and character -- "Why had he waited so long to speak?": the western craft of pride and performance -- "A track is not only marks upon the earth": the western craft of faces and traces -- "It's not revenge he's after; it's a reckoning": the western culture of fear and terror -- "Accurate description [with] poetry to the language": the western craft of myth and symbol -- "A show had to be real and yet not real": the western craft of celebrity and spectacle -- "Revenge broke it, and disease": the western craft of forgiving and forgetting -- "Tell him something pretty": the western craft of word and deed -- "In whose keeping would the horse have been?": the western culture of horizons and responsibilities. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811102803321 |
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Literary culture and U.S. imperialism [[electronic resource] ] : from the Revolution to World War II / / John Carlos Rowe |
Autore | Rowe John Carlos |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (394 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9358 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - History and criticism
Imperialism in literature Literature and history - United States - History Politics and literature - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-53060-X
0-19-535123-1 1-4294-0483-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. Literary Culture and U.S. Imperialism; 2. The Dream of Enlightenment and the Nightmare of Imperialism: Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland and Edgar Huntly; 3. Edgar Allan Poe's Imperial Fantasy and the American Frontier; 4. Melville's Typee: U.S. Imperialism at Home and Abroad; 5. Highway Robbery: "Indian Removal," the Mexican-American War, and American Identity in John Rollin Ridge's (Yellow Bird) The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta; 6. Mark Twain's Rediscovery of America in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
7. Race, Gender, and Imperialism in Stephen Crane: A Monstrous Case8. The Education of Henry Adams and the American Empire; 9. W. E. B. Du Bois's Tropical Critique of U.S. Imperialism; 10. The View from Rock Writing Bluff: The Nick Black Elk Narratives and U.S. Cultural Imperialism; 11. Opening the Gate to the Other America: The Afro-Caribbean Politics of Hurston's Mules and Men and Tell My Horse; 12. After America; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451286603321 |
Rowe John Carlos
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
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Literary culture and U.S. imperialism [[electronic resource] ] : from the Revolution to World War II / / John Carlos Rowe |
Autore | Rowe John Carlos |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (394 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9358 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - History and criticism
Imperialism in literature Literature and history - United States - History Politics and literature - United States - History |
ISBN |
0-19-772494-9
1-280-53060-X 0-19-535123-1 1-4294-0483-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. Literary Culture and U.S. Imperialism; 2. The Dream of Enlightenment and the Nightmare of Imperialism: Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland and Edgar Huntly; 3. Edgar Allan Poe's Imperial Fantasy and the American Frontier; 4. Melville's Typee: U.S. Imperialism at Home and Abroad; 5. Highway Robbery: "Indian Removal," the Mexican-American War, and American Identity in John Rollin Ridge's (Yellow Bird) The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta; 6. Mark Twain's Rediscovery of America in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
7. Race, Gender, and Imperialism in Stephen Crane: A Monstrous Case8. The Education of Henry Adams and the American Empire; 9. W. E. B. Du Bois's Tropical Critique of U.S. Imperialism; 10. The View from Rock Writing Bluff: The Nick Black Elk Narratives and U.S. Cultural Imperialism; 11. Opening the Gate to the Other America: The Afro-Caribbean Politics of Hurston's Mules and Men and Tell My Horse; 12. After America; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777499003321 |
Rowe John Carlos
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
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Perfecting friendship [[electronic resource] ] : politics and affiliation in early American literature / / Ivy Schweitzer |
Autore | Schweitzer Ivy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/353 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - History and criticism
Friendship in literature Politics and literature - United States - History National characteristics, American, in literature Friendship - Sociological aspects Political culture - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8078-7671-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Renascence of Friendship: A Story of American Social and Political Life; CHAPTER ONE: Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Equality and Interchangeability in Friendship Theory; CHAPTER TWO: "Familiar Commerce": John Winthrop's "Modell" of American Affiliation; CHAPTER THREE: Hannah Webster Foster's Coquette: Resurrecting Friendship from the Tomb of Marriage; CHAPTER FOUR: Eat Your Heart Out: James Fenimore Cooper's Male Romance and the American Myth of Interracial Friendship
CHAPTER FIVE: The Ethical Horizon of American Friendship in Catharine Sedgwick's Hope LeslieEpilogue: The Persistence of Second Selves; Notes; Works Cited; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451683803321 |
Schweitzer Ivy
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006 | ||
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Perfecting friendship [[electronic resource] ] : politics and affiliation in early American literature / / Ivy Schweitzer |
Autore | Schweitzer Ivy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/353 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - History and criticism
Friendship in literature Politics and literature - United States - History National characteristics, American, in literature Friendship - Sociological aspects Political culture - United States - History |
ISBN |
979-88-908813-6-6
0-8078-7671-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Renascence of Friendship: A Story of American Social and Political Life; CHAPTER ONE: Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Equality and Interchangeability in Friendship Theory; CHAPTER TWO: "Familiar Commerce": John Winthrop's "Modell" of American Affiliation; CHAPTER THREE: Hannah Webster Foster's Coquette: Resurrecting Friendship from the Tomb of Marriage; CHAPTER FOUR: Eat Your Heart Out: James Fenimore Cooper's Male Romance and the American Myth of Interracial Friendship
CHAPTER FIVE: The Ethical Horizon of American Friendship in Catharine Sedgwick's Hope LeslieEpilogue: The Persistence of Second Selves; Notes; Works Cited; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778149903321 |
Schweitzer Ivy
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Perfecting friendship [[electronic resource] ] : politics and affiliation in early American literature / / Ivy Schweitzer |
Autore | Schweitzer Ivy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/353 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - History and criticism
Friendship in literature Politics and literature - United States - History National characteristics, American, in literature Friendship - Sociological aspects Political culture - United States - History |
ISBN |
979-88-908813-6-6
0-8078-7671-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Renascence of Friendship: A Story of American Social and Political Life; CHAPTER ONE: Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Equality and Interchangeability in Friendship Theory; CHAPTER TWO: "Familiar Commerce": John Winthrop's "Modell" of American Affiliation; CHAPTER THREE: Hannah Webster Foster's Coquette: Resurrecting Friendship from the Tomb of Marriage; CHAPTER FOUR: Eat Your Heart Out: James Fenimore Cooper's Male Romance and the American Myth of Interracial Friendship
CHAPTER FIVE: The Ethical Horizon of American Friendship in Catharine Sedgwick's Hope LeslieEpilogue: The Persistence of Second Selves; Notes; Works Cited; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810558303321 |
Schweitzer Ivy
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Plays in American periodicals, 1890-1918 [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Harris Smith |
Autore | Smith Susan Harris |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
Disciplina |
812.5209
812/.5209 822.809 |
Collana | Palgrave studies in theatre and performance |
Soggetto topico |
American drama - 19th century - History and criticism
American drama - 20th century - History and criticism Journalism and literature - United States - History American periodicals - History Literature and society - United States - History Politics and literature - United States - History Politics in literature Social problems in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-36310-3
9786611363109 0-230-60502-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Varieties of Dramatic Experience; 2 Cultures of Social Distance and Difference; 3 Women as American Citizens; 4 Cultural Displacement; 5 Dis/Contented Citizens; Appendix: Plays in Periodicals; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450937003321 |
Smith Susan Harris
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 | ||
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Plays in American periodicals, 1890-1918 [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Harris Smith |
Autore | Smith Susan Harris |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
Disciplina |
812.5209
812/.5209 822.809 |
Collana | Palgrave studies in theatre and performance |
Soggetto topico |
American drama - 19th century - History and criticism
American drama - 20th century - History and criticism Journalism and literature - United States - History American periodicals - History Literature and society - United States - History Politics and literature - United States - History Politics in literature Social problems in literature |
ISBN |
1-281-36310-3
9786611363109 0-230-60502-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Varieties of Dramatic Experience; 2 Cultures of Social Distance and Difference; 3 Women as American Citizens; 4 Cultural Displacement; 5 Dis/Contented Citizens; Appendix: Plays in Periodicals; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784149403321 |
Smith Susan Harris
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 | ||
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Plays in American periodicals, 1890-1918 [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Harris Smith |
Autore | Smith Susan Harris |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
Disciplina |
812.5209
812/.5209 822.809 |
Collana | Palgrave studies in theatre and performance |
Soggetto topico |
American drama - 19th century - History and criticism
American drama - 20th century - History and criticism Journalism and literature - United States - History American periodicals - History Literature and society - United States - History Politics and literature - United States - History Politics in literature Social problems in literature |
ISBN |
1-281-36310-3
9786611363109 0-230-60502-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Varieties of Dramatic Experience; 2 Cultures of Social Distance and Difference; 3 Women as American Citizens; 4 Cultural Displacement; 5 Dis/Contented Citizens; Appendix: Plays in Periodicals; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826644903321 |
Smith Susan Harris
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