The Resource Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West, William R. Handley
Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West, William R. Handley
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- Summary
- "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 recent scholarship provides a narrative of western history that counters the 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 examines works of historiography, as well as writing by Zane Grey, Willa Cather, Wallace Stegner, and Joan Didion among others, to argue that these works highlight white Americans' anxiety about what happens to American "character" when domestic enemies such as Indians and Mormon polygamists, against whom the nation had defined itself in the nineteenth century, no longer threaten its homes. Handley explains that once its enemies are gone, imperialism brings violence home in retrospective narratives that allegorize national pasts and futures through intimate relationships."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 261 pages
- Contents
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- Western unions
- Turner's rhetorical frontier
- Marrying for race and nation: Wister's omniscience and omissions
- Polygamy and empire: Grey's distinctions
- Unwedded west: Cather's divides
- Accident and destiny: Fitzgerald's fantastic geography
- Promises and betrayals: Joan Didion and Wallace Stegner
- Isbn
- 9780521816670
- Label
- Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West
- Title
- Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West
- Statement of responsibility
- William R. Handley
- Subject
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- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Domestic fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Family violence in literature
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- Marriage in literature
- National characteristics, American, in literature
- Novelists, American -- Homes and haunts -- West (U.S.)
- Violence in literature
- West (U.S.) -- In literature
- Western stories -- History and criticism
- Women pioneers in literature
- American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 recent scholarship provides a narrative of western history that counters the 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 examines works of historiography, as well as writing by Zane Grey, Willa Cather, Wallace Stegner, and Joan Didion among others, to argue that these works highlight white Americans' anxiety about what happens to American "character" when domestic enemies such as Indians and Mormon polygamists, against whom the nation had defined itself in the nineteenth century, no longer threaten its homes. Handley explains that once its enemies are gone, imperialism brings violence home in retrospective narratives that allegorize national pasts and futures through intimate relationships."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Handley, William R
- Dewey number
- 810.9/3278
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS271
- LC item number
- .H29 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American literature
- Novelists, American
- Domestic fiction, American
- National characteristics, American, in literature
- Western stories
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- Family violence in literature
- Women pioneers in literature
- Marriage in literature
- Violence in literature
- West (U.S.)
- Label
- Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West, William R. Handley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-255) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Western unions -- Turner's rhetorical frontier -- Marrying for race and nation: Wister's omniscience and omissions -- Polygamy and empire: Grey's distinctions -- Unwedded west: Cather's divides -- Accident and destiny: Fitzgerald's fantastic geography -- Promises and betrayals: Joan Didion and Wallace Stegner
- Control code
- 48892767
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521816670
- Isbn Type
- (HB)
- Lccn
- 2002016593
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Marriage, violence, and the nation in the American literary West, William R. Handley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-255) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Western unions -- Turner's rhetorical frontier -- Marrying for race and nation: Wister's omniscience and omissions -- Polygamy and empire: Grey's distinctions -- Unwedded west: Cather's divides -- Accident and destiny: Fitzgerald's fantastic geography -- Promises and betrayals: Joan Didion and Wallace Stegner
- Control code
- 48892767
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521816670
- Isbn Type
- (HB)
- Lccn
- 2002016593
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Domestic fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Family violence in literature
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- Marriage in literature
- National characteristics, American, in literature
- Novelists, American -- Homes and haunts -- West (U.S.)
- Violence in literature
- West (U.S.) -- In literature
- Western stories -- History and criticism
- Women pioneers in literature
- American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism
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