"Agent of Empire" is a detailed study of creative works inspired by the escapades of the American soldier of fortune William Walker. The leader of several fractious, bloody forays into Mexico and Central America in the 1850s, Walker was executed in 1860 by a Honduran firing squad. Brady Harrison looks at a dozen works, such as Bret Harte s novel "The Crusade of Excelsior" (1887) and Alex Cox s film "Walker" (1987), to show how Walker s life and legacy have been explored in journalism, poetry, fiction, drama, and cinema for over a century. At the heart of our ongoing interest in Walker,...
"Agent of Empire" is a detailed study of creative works inspired by the escapades of the American soldier of fortune William Walker. The leader of ...
This wide-ranging collection of essays addresses a diverse and expanded vision of Montana literature, offering new readings of both canonical and overlooked texts. Although a handful of Montana writers such as Richard Hugo, A. B. Guthrie Jr., D Arcy McNickle, and James Welch have received considerable critical attention, sizable gaps remain in the analysis of the state s ever-growing and ever-evolving canon. The twelve essays in All Our Stories Are Here not only build on the exemplary, foundational work of other writers but also open further interpretative and critical conversations....
This wide-ranging collection of essays addresses a diverse and expanded vision of Montana literature, offering new readings of both canonical and over...
