Angling for Repose

Angling for Repose

Wallace Stegner and the De-Mythologizing of the American West

LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ( 26.04.2010 )

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When Wallace Stegner published his first book in 1937, a stereotypical Western novel invariably included a gun-slinging cowboy hero, a near-mythical gunfight at dusk, and a formulaic, predictable plot. Stegner recognized the limitations of such archetypal assumptions about the American West, and, consequently, began to debunk them in his work. Stegner marks an essential turning point in the development of a western American literary canon. Through his impressively prolific career, we can begin to recognize and move beyond the mythologies that embed themselves in American language, history, and culture, and instead foster a literature that is rich both in history and in the diversity of today''s contemporary West.

Детали книги:

ISBN-13:

978-3-8383-6091-1

ISBN-10:

3838360915

EAN:

9783838360911

Язык книги:

English

By (author) :

Jennie Camp

Количество страниц:

272

Опубликовано:

26.04.2010

Категория:

Наука о языках и литературе