Plotting the golden West : American literature and the rhetoric of the California Trail / Stephen Fender
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1981. 1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing on the edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #399578
ISBN: 0521239249
Physical description; ix, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-211) and index. Contents; Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The West and the man of letters: confidence and anxiety; 2. Fremont and the humble bee; 3. The forty-niners: the stylistic pathology of the Overland Trail; 4. The unofficial Gold Rush; 5. The journalists' California; 6. Mark Twain's West: the stillbirth of satire; 7. The perennial critique and the poem of fact; Notes to the text; List of primary sources treated at length; An essay on further reading; Index. Subjects; 1800-1899. American literature West (U.S.) History and criticism. American literature 19th century History and criticism. Authors, American Homes and haunts West (U.S.). English language United States Rhetoric. American literature. Authors, American Homes and haunts. English language Rhetoric. Intellectual life. Literature. Gold miners in literature. California in literature. Gold miners California History 19th century. American literature 19th century History and criticism. American literature West (U.S.) History and criticism. Gold mines and mining United States California. Gold mines and mining United States California Social life and customs. American literature The West History and criticism. Gold mines and mining California Social conditions. West (U.S.) Intellectual life 19th century. California Social life and customs. English literature American writers 1830-1861 Special subjects California Gold mining communities Social conditions 1849-1850. English literature American writers 1830-1861. Special subjects California Gold mining communities Social life 1849-1850 Critical studies.
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