The novels of Wallace Stegner deal with Man in the male-dominated West. The first chapter, focuses on the distinction between the popular Westerns and the western novels which have literary value. It offers a brief survey of the literary scene before the arrival of Stegner. The second chapter The Valiant Struggle analyses Stegner s novel The Big Rock Candy Mountain, which spins around Bruce Mason and his attainability of manhood which leads to the forgiveness of his father. The third chapter To Forgive is Divine is a study of Stegner s novel Angle of Repose, which revolves around Lyman Ward,...