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BL
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1042474
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b796844
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Witschi, Nicolas S.,1966-
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| Title & Author
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Traces of gold : : California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature /\ Nicolas S. Witschi.
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| Publication Statement
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Tuscaloosa :: University of Alabama Press,, ©2002.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
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1 online resource (x, 218 pages)
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| ISBN
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0817313710
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: 9780817313715
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0817311173
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9780817311179
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-212) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Genres of Realism; 1. Bret Harte and the Gold Rush Claim to Realism; 2. John of the Mines: Muir's Picturesque Rewrite of the Gold Rush; 3. "Why, Have You Got the Atlantic Monthly Out Here?" W. D. Howells, Realism, and the Idea of the West; 4. 1902: The Generic Imagination in Transition; 5. "I Know What Is Best for You": Post-Howellsian Realism in Mary Austin's Desert Narratives; 6. Hard-Boiled Nature: California, Detective Fiction, and the Limits of Representation; Notes; Works Cited; Index
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Broadening our understanding of what constitutes "realism," Nicolas Witschi artfully demonstrates the linkage of American literary realism to the texts, myths, and resources of the American West. 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. As Nicolas Witschi shows, writers as varied as Bret.
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American literature-- California-- History and criticism.
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Authors, American-- Homes and haunts-- California.
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Natural resources-- California.
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Nature in literature.
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Realism in literature.
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American literature.
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Authors, American-- Homes and haunts.
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Intellectual life.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Literature.
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Natural resources.
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Nature in literature.
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Realism in literature.
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California, In literature.
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California, Intellectual life.
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California.
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| Dewey Classification
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813.009327809794
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| LC Classification
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PS283.C2W58 2002eb
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