TY  - GEN
T1  - Traces of gold : California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature
T2  - Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
A1  - Witschi, Nicolas S., 1966-
LA  - English
PP  - Tuscaloosa
PB  - University of Alabama Press
YR  - 2002
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn427567264
AB  - 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
OP  - 218
CN  - PS283.C2 W58 2002eb
SN  - 9780817313715
SN  - 0817313710
SN  - 0817311173
SN  - 9780817311179
KW  - American literature : California : History and criticism.
KW  - Authors, American : Homes and haunts : California.
KW  - California : Intellectual life.
KW  - Natural resources : California.
KW  - California : In literature.
KW  - Realism in literature.
KW  - Nature in literature.
KW  - Écrivains américains : Résidences et lieux familiers : Californie.
KW  - Nature dans la littérature.
KW  - Réalisme dans la littérature.
KW  - Californie : Dans la littérature.
KW  - Californie : Vie intellectuelle.
KW  - Ressources naturelles : Californie.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : General.
KW  - American literature
KW  - Authors, American : Homes and haunts
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Literature
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - Nature in literature
KW  - Realism in literature
KW  - California
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -