Traces of gold
California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature
by Nicolas S. Witschi
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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American Authors, American literature, History and criticism, Homes and haunts, In literature, Intellectual life, Natural resources, Nature in literature, Realism in literature, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Literature, American literature, hispanic american authors, Natural resources, california, West (u.s.), in literaturePlaces
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Traces of gold: California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature
2002, University of Alabama Press
in English
0817311173 9780817311179
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index.
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