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The Western : a collection of critical essays /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Folsom, James K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1979]
Series:Twentieth century views.
Subjects:
American fiction > History and criticism.
Western stories > History and criticism.
West (U.S.) in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Davis, D. B. Ten-gallon hero
  • Hutchinson, W. H. Virgins, villains, and varmints
  • Dobie, J. F. Andy Adams, cowboy chronicler
  • Mogen, D. Owen Wister's cowboy heroes
  • Westbrook, M. The archetypal ethic of The Ox-bow incident
  • Fisher, V. The novelist and his background
  • Fisher, V. and Holmes, O. L. Fact or fiction, the blend of history and legend
  • Morley, S. G. Cowboy and gaucho fiction
  • Folsom, J. K. English westerns
  • Etulain, R. W. The American literary West and its interpreters.