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Hope And Dread In Montana Literature [electronic resource] / Ken Egan, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Egan, Ken, 1956-
- Series:
- Western literature series
- Western literature series Hope and dread in Montana literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
- Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Montana.
- Authors, American.
- American literature--Montana--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Montana--In literature.
- Montana.
- Montana--Intellectual life.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 207 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Worlds Transformed, 1862-1940
- Vanishing Americans
- Don't Fence Me In
- A Handful of Dust
- The Tragic Sensibility, 1940-Present
- A Tale of Two Novelists
- Moons for the Misbegotten
- Jeremiads
- Provisional Hopes, 1940-Present
- The Return of the Native
- Even Cowgirls Get Over the Blues
- New Homes on the Range
- Conclusion: Settling Down in Montana.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-203) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-87417-557-7
- OCLC:
- 53906721
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