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The Frontier Experience and the American Dream : Essays On American Literature
author
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Mogen, David
publisher
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Texas A&M University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0890963983
print isbn13
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9780890963982
ebook isbn13
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9780585147390
language
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English
subject
American literature--History and criticism, Frontier and pioneer life in literature, Success in literature, Myth in literature, Canon (Literature)
publication date
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1989
lcc
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PS169.F7F76 1989eb
ddc
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810/.9/15
subject
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American literature--History and criticism, Frontier and pioneer life in literature, Success in literature, Myth in literature, Canon (Literature)
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The Frontier Experience and the American Dream
Essays on American Literature
edited by David Mogen, Mark Busby, and Paul Bryant
Texas A & M University Press College Station
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Copyright (c) 1989 by David Mogen, Mark Busby, and Paul Bryant Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First Edition
The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48-1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. TM
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA The Frontier experience and the American dream : essays on American literature / edited by David Mogen, Mark Busby, and Paul Bryant. 1st ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-89096-398-3 (alk. paper) 1. American literature History and criticism. 2. Frontier and pioneer life in literature. 3. Myth in literature. 4. Canon (Literature) I. Mogen, David, 1945- II. Busby, Mark, 1945 III. Bryant, Paul, 1928 PS169.F7F76 1989 810. 915dc 88-35474 CIP
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction: Frontier Writing as a "Great Tradition" of American Literature
Mark Busby, David Mogen, and Paul Bryant
3
Part One. General
The Frontier Archetype and the Myth of America: Patterns That Shape the American Dream
David Mogen
15
Our Pursuit of Loneliness: An Alternative to This Paradigm
Langdon Elsbree
31
Forging an American Style: The Romance-Novel and Magical Realism as Response to the Frontier and Wilderness Experiences
Wayne Ude
50
Part Two. Period Studies
Expanding the Canon of American Renaissance Frontier Writers: Emily Dickinson's "Glimmering Frontier"
Charlotte S. McClure
67
Imaginative Safety Valves: Frontier Themes in the Literature of the Gilded Age
James K. Folsom
87
The Significance of the Frontier in Contemporary American Fiction
Mark Busby
95
Part Three. Regional Adaptations
Frontier Yeoman versus Cavalier: The Dilemma of Antebellum Southern Fiction
Ritchie D. Watson
107
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The Western Novel as Literature of the Last Frontier
Delbert E. Wylder
120
Golden State: A Demanding Paradise, an Enduring Frontier
Gerald Haslam
132
Part Four. Multicultural Perspectives
Homeward Bound: Wilderness and Frontier in American Indian Literature
Mick McAllister
149
La frontera, Aztln, el barrio: Frontiers in Chicano Literature
Joan Penzenstadler
159
An American Chicano in King Arthur's Court
Rudolfo A. Anaya
180
"O Beautiful for Spacious Guys": An Essay on the "Legitimate Inclinations of the Sexes"
Melody Graulich
186
Part Five. Genres
Nature Writing and the American Frontier
Paul Bryant
205
"Home Sweet Home": Deconstructing the Masculine Myth of the Frontier in Modern American Drama
Linda Ben-Zvi
217
Western Film and the American Dream: The Cinematic Frontier of Sam Peckinpah
John H. Lenihan
226
The Lost Frontier: American Myth in the Literature of the Vietnam War
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