Marriage, Violence and the Nation in the American Literary West

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Series)

by William R. Handley

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In Marriage, Violence and the Nation in the American Literary West, William R. Handley examines literary interpretations of the Western American past. Handley argues that although scholarship provides a narrative of western history that counters optimistic story of frontier individualism by focusing on the victims of conquest, twentieth-century American fiction tells a different story of intra-ethnic violence surrounding marriages and families. He...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521093422

ISBN13:9780521093422

Release Date:January 2009

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:276 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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