Hope and dread in Montana literature

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Label

Hope and dread in Montana literature

Statement of responsibility

Ken Egan, Jr

Creator

• Egan, Ken, 1956-

Subject

• Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Montana
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Frontier and pioneer life in literature
• Montana -- In literature
• Montana -- Intellectual life
• American literature -- Montana -- History and criticism

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"Egan's objective, in this survey of Montana's literary history, is to demonstrate the roots of the state's literature in its conflicted history and complex mixture of racial and ethnic traditions and, at the same time, to offer the possibility of thoughtful solutions to the West's daunting social and environmental dilemmas through the insights of some of the state's best writers. From the narratives of early explorers and ranchers, Native Americans, and settler women through the works of such major twentieth-century luminaries as A.B. Guthrie and Ivan Doig, Egan traces the evolution of Montanans' early fantastic dreams of economic, religious, and cultural success into failure and despair, violence and tragedy. Yet, side by side with these tales of woe are tales of endurance and even triumph, evidence of the strength and creative potential of the state's people."--Jacket

Member of

• Western literature series

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

810.9/9786

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

LC call number

PS283.M9

LC item number

E37 2003

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Western literature series