Before the West Was West examines the extent to which scholars have engaged in-depth with pre-1800 "western" texts and asks what we mean by "western" American literature in the first place and when that designation originated.
Calling into question the implicit temporal boundaries of the "American West" in literature, a literature often viewed as having commenced only at the beginning of the 1800s, Before the West Was West explores the concrete, meaningful connections between different texts as well as the development of national ideologies and mythologies....
Before the West Was West examines the extent to which scholars have engaged in-depth with pre-1800 "western" texts and asks what we mean by ...
Before the West Was West examines the extent to which scholars have engaged in-depth with pre-1800 western texts and asks what we mean by western American literature in the first place and when that designation originated.
Calling into question the implicit temporal boundaries of the American West in literature, a literature often viewed as having commenced only at the beginning of the 1800s, Before the West Was West explores the concrete, meaningful connections between different texts as well as the development of national ideologies and mythologies....
Before the West Was West examines the extent to which scholars have engaged in-depth with pre-1800 western texts and asks what we mean by we...
