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Beyond the frontier : writers, Western regionalism, and a sense of place / Harold P. Simonson. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simonson, Harold P. (Harold Peter), 1926-2011.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--West (U.S.)--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
- Western stories--History and criticism.
- Western stories.
- West (U.S.)--In literature.
- West (U.S.).
- Regionalism in literature.
- West (U.S.)--Intellectual life.
- Authors, American--Homes and haunts--West (U.S.).
- Authors, American.
- Place (Philosophy) in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 192 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, c1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- 1. Prospects, limitations and a sense of regional place : an introduction
- 2. Frederick Jackson Turner : frontier as symbol
- 3. The tempered romanticism of John Muir
- 4. The West as apotheosis
- 5. The closed frontier and American tragedy
- 6. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : barriers and boundaries
- 7. Ole Rölvaag and the immigrant promise denied
- 8. California, Nathanael West and the journey's end
- 9. The West and eschatology
- 10. Regionalism as Frontier synthesis
- 11. Three Montana regionalists : Ivan Doig, James Welch, Norman Maclean
- 12. Home and the good life : conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 176-184.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-37701-4
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