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The Literary West Thomas J. Lyon (Professor of English, Professor of English, Utah State University)

The Literary West par Thomas J. Lyon (Professor of English, Professor of English, Utah State University)

The Literary West Thomas J. Lyon (Professor of English, Professor of English, Utah State University)

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This anthology offers a panoramic literary range of the American West, from the romance of the mythic Wild West to the present-day creative explosion of the real, diverse West. It includes a selection of short stories, essays, plays, and novel excerpts.

The Literary West Résumé

The Literary West: An Anthology of Western American Literature Thomas J. Lyon (Professor of English, Professor of English, Utah State University)

The story of western literature is the story of two Wests, the one immediately and deeply persuasive, the second more complex in its intentions and effects. This anthology, gathered and introduced by distinguished western scholar Thomas J. Lyon, offers a panoramic literary range of the American west, from the romance of the mythic Wild West to the present-day creative explosion of the real, diverse west. The regional expanse of this authoritative and adventuresome selection of short stories, essays, plays, and novel excerpts stretches from the Great Plains, Texas and the Southwest, the Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin interior, to California and the Northwest. Including selections from Pedro Font, Meriweather Lewis, Willa Cather, James Fenimore Cooper, Owen Wister, Zane Grey, John Muir, Tillie Olsen, Rick Bass, Amy Tan, Sarah Winnemucca, and N. Scott Momaday, among others, the volume is organized in five main sections: Discovery and Exploration, Pioneering and Settlement, The Mythic West, Modernism and the Realistic West, Recent and Contemporary Currents, and The Native West. From the projective Great Frontier of dime-store novels to the real west brought to light by sixteenth century explorers, mid-nineteenth century realists and naturalists, and todays environmentalists and ethnic writers, The Literary West offers students a comprehensive overview of the vital field of Western American literature.

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Distinguished western scholar Thomas J. Lyon, in editing The Literary West, has compiled an impressive array of writings on the American West, past and present....Lyon's introduction is uncommonly helpful as it presents a summary of writings west of the Mississippi, from the conquistadors to the Lone Ranger and beyond.--Texas Globe Excellent selection of texts....The introduction by Dr. Lyon is absolutely superb--as is the Western Chronology. These two items really, 'make' the book! One could buy the book just for those!--Dr. Denis Fournier, University of Mary A powerful, well-made tool, one students and general readers alike can handle without feeling burdened or intimidated by length and one that provides specialists with plenty of reference material, not to mention as easy grip on both past and present. In the end, few informed readers will be able to argue with Lyon's judgments or his knowledge, much less with his refreshing willingness to take chances.. The Literary West is definitely a book made to last.--The Bloomsbury Review No one has a better grasp of Western Literature and its relationship to the authentic history of the West than Thomas Lyon.--Stewart Udall A tantalizing overview of western American literature from the sixteenth century to the present....A culturally and historically significant literary collection.--Booklist

À propos de Thomas J. Lyon (Professor of English, Professor of English, Utah State University)

Thomas J. Lyon is Professor Emeritus of English at Utah State University and former President of the Western Literature Association.

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Introduction:The Conquistador, the Lone Ranger, and Beyond A Western Chronology, With 200 Significant Titles Kathlamet Chinook (oral tradition) The Sun's Myth Pedro Font[Ventura to Santa Barbara in 1776], from Pedro Font's Diary Lewis and Clark[North Dakota journals from the spring of 1805], from The Journals of Lewis and Clark John MuirThrough the Foothills with a Flock of Sheep, from My First Summer in the Sierra Clarence DuttonThe Valley of the Virgen, from Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District Sarah Winnemucca from Life Among the Piutes Hamlin GarlandUnder the Lion's Paw, from Main Traveled Roads Owen Wister from The Virginian Mary AustinMy Neighbor's Field, from The Land of the Little Rain Jack LondonAll Gold Canyon, from Moon-face and Other Stories Zane Grey from Riders of the Purple Sage Willa Cather from O Pioneers! from My Antonia Dorothy Scarborough from The Wind Robinson Jeffers Granite and Cypress Tor House November Surf Gray Weather Signpost The Answer Luther Standing BearNature, from Land of the Spotted Eagle John SteinbeckChapters 1, 2, and 3, from The Grapes of Wrath A.B. Guthrie, Jr. Chapters 31 and 32, from The Big Sky Jack SchaeferChapter 1, from Shane Frank WatersHopi Ceremonialism, from Masked Gods Jose Antonio Villarreal from Pocho William Stafford In Response to a Question Speaking Frankly Representing Far Places Montana Eclogue N. Scott MomadayIntroduction to The Way to Rainy Mountain Al YoungDancing, from Dancing Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. HoustonChapter 4, from Farewell to Manzanar Edward AbbeyThe Great American Desert, from The Journey Home Wallace StegnerPart 2, chapter 5, from Recapitulation Sam Shepard True West Rudolfo AnayaB. Traven Is Alive and Well in Cuernavaca, from The Anaya Reader Gary Snyder Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout Marin-An Anasazi Magpie's Song True Night Gretel EhrlichOn Water, from The Solace of Open Spaces Louis L'AmourChapter 16, from Last of the Breed Denise ChavezThe Last of the Menu Girls, from The Last of the Menu Girls May Swenson The Centaur The Poplar's Shadow Camping in Madera Canyon Charles BowdenAfterword from Frog Mountain Blues Amy TanWaverly Jong: Rules of the Game, from The Joy Luck Club Terry Tempest WilliamsSnowy Plovers from Refuge William KittredgeReimagining Warner, from Heart of the Land Rick BassDays of Heaven, from In The Loyal Mountains Barbara KingsolverWhy I Am a Danger to the Public, from Homeland and Other Stories Linda HoganCreations, from Heart of the Land Guide to Further Reading

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GOR012666312
9780195124613
0195124618
The Literary West: An Anthology of Western American Literature Thomas J. Lyon (Professor of English, Professor of English, Utah State University)
Thomas J. Lyon (Professor of English, Professor of English, Utah State University)
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Oxford University Press Inc
19990527
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