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- catalog abstract ""From Gold Rush romances to cowboy Westerns, from hard-boiled detective thrillers to nature writing, the American West has long been known mainly through hackneyed representations in popular genres. But a close look at the literary history of the West reveals a number of writers who claim that their works represent the "real" West." "With its forays into ecocriticism and cultural studies and the welcome inclusion of Western genre writing in a serious study of American literary history, Traces of Gold will appeal to students and scholars of American literature, American studies, and western history."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12373366.
- catalog coverage "California In literature.".
- catalog coverage "California Intellectual life.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""From Gold Rush romances to cowboy Westerns, from hard-boiled detective thrillers to nature writing, the American West has long been known mainly through hackneyed representations in popular genres. But a close look at the literary history of the West reveals a number of writers who claim that their works represent the "real" West." "With its forays into ecocriticism and cultural studies and the welcome inclusion of Western genre writing in a serious study of American literary history, Traces of Gold will appeal to students and scholars of American literature, American studies, and western history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Bret Harte and the gold rush claim to realism -- John of the mines: Muir's picturesque rewrite of the gold rush -- Why, have you got the Atlantic Monthly out here? W.D. Howells, realism and the idea of the west -- 1902: the generic imagination in translation -- I know what is best for you: post-Howellsian realism in Mary Austin's desert narratives -- Hard-boiled nature: California, detective fiction, and the limits of representation.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 218 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0817311173 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in American literary realism and naturalism".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,".
- catalog spatial "California In literature.".
- catalog spatial "California Intellectual life.".
- catalog spatial "California".
- catalog spatial "California.".
- catalog subject "813.009/3278/09794 21".
- catalog subject "American literature California History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Authors, American Homes and haunts California.".
- catalog subject "Natural resources California.".
- catalog subject "Nature in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS283.C2 W58 2002".
- catalog subject "Realism in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Bret Harte and the gold rush claim to realism -- John of the mines: Muir's picturesque rewrite of the gold rush -- Why, have you got the Atlantic Monthly out here? W.D. Howells, realism and the idea of the west -- 1902: the generic imagination in translation -- I know what is best for you: post-Howellsian realism in Mary Austin's desert narratives -- Hard-boiled nature: California, detective fiction, and the limits of representation.".
- catalog title "Traces of gold : California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature / Nicolas S. Witschi.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".