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Before the West Was West : Critical Essays on Pre-1800 Literature of the American Frontiers.

Hamilton, Amy T.

Before the West Was West : Critical Essays on Pre-1800 Literature of the American Frontiers. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (255 pages)

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword by Michael P. Branch -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Hunahpu to Hiawatha -- 2. When the East Was West -- 3. Accommodating Presence -- 4. Captured by Genre -- 5. The Royal Frontier -- 6. Frontier Commonwealths -- 7. The Bad Guys Wear Tricornered Hats -- 8. The Removes of Harriot Stuart -- 9. Contrast and Contradiction -- 10. The Business of Heaven and Earth -- 11. An Eighteenth-Century Narrative of Encounter in the Trans-Mississippi West -- 12. Harmonizing the "West" -- Contributors -- Index -- About Amy T. Hamilton -- About Tom J. Hillard -- About Michael P. Branch.

9780803265325


American literature--17th century--History and criticism.
American literature--18th century--History and criticism.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
West (U.S.)--In literature.


Electronic books.

PS169.W4B44 2014

810.9/002

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