Beyond the frontier : writers, Western regionalism, and a sense of place /

Simonson, Harold P. 1926-2011.

Beyond the frontier : writers, Western regionalism, and a sense of place / Harold P. Simonson. - Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, ©1989. - 1 online resource (x, 192 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-184) and index.

1. Prospects, limitations and a sense of regional place : an introduction -- 2. Frederick Jackson Turner : frontier as symbol -- 3. The tempered romanticism of John Muir -- 4. The West as apotheosis -- 5. The closed frontier and American tragedy -- 6. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : barriers and boundaries -- 7. Ole Rölvaag and the immigrant promise denied -- 8. California, Nathanael West and the journey's end -- 9. The West and eschatology -- 10. Regionalism as Frontier synthesis -- 11. Three Montana regionalists : Ivan Doig, James Welch, Norman Maclean -- 12. Home and the good life : conclusion.

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American literature--History and criticism.--West (U.S.)
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Western stories--History and criticism.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Regionalism in literature.
Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Littérature régionale.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American literature.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Regionalism in literature.
Western stories.


West (U.S.)--Intellectual life.
West (U.S.)--In literature.
West United States.


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