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Marriage, Violence and the Nation in the American Literary West: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, cartea 132

Autor William R. Handley
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 ian 2009
In Marriage, Violence and the Nation in the American Literary West, William R. Handley examines literary interpretations of the Western American past. Handley argues that although scholarship provides a narrative of western history that counters optimistic story of frontier individualism by focusing on the victims of conquest, twentieth-century American fiction tells a different story of intra-ethnic violence surrounding marriages and families. He examines works of historiography,as well as writing by Zane Grey, Willa Cather, Wallace Stegner and Joan Didion among others, to argue that these works highlight white Americans' anxiety about what happens to American 'character' when domestic enemies such as Indians and Mormon polygamists, against whom the nation had defined itself in the nineteenth century, no longer threaten its homes. Handley explains that once its enemies are gone, imperialism brings violence home in retrospective narratives that allegorise national pasts and futures through intimate relationships.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521093422
ISBN-10: 0521093422
Pagini: 276
Ilustrații: 6 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction; 1. Western unions; 2. Turner's rhetorical frontier; 3. Marrying for race and nation: Wister's omniscience and omissions; 4. Polygamy and empire: Grey's distinctions; 5. Unwedded West: Cather's divides; 6. Accident and destiny: Fitzgerald's fantastic geography; 7. Promises and betrayals: Joan Didion and Wallace Stegner; Afterword; Notes; Index.

Recenzii

'Marriage, Violence and the Nation in the American Literary West makes a significant contribution to scholarship on western American literature. Handley focuses upon marriage as an ongoing social fact through which twentieth-century fiction revises readings of the West as America's destiny. This is a 'must read' book for scholars of the American West in literature and also history.' Susan Rosowski, University of Nebraska
'William R. Handley's book demonstrates an important and fascinating argument: in twentieth century American literature, after the Native has been domesticated, scenes of white American domesticity and marriage turn violent, as Empire brings its guns home. With sophisticated analyses and fresh readings that are intelligent, lively and forceful, Handley's work will make a real difference in scholarship of the American west and in American Studies. ' Lee Mitchell, Princeton University

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Handley explains that once its enemies are gone, imperialism brings violence home in retrospective narratives that allegorise national pasts and futures through intimate relationships.