Marriage, Violence and the Nation in the American Literary West

ISBN: 9780521093422 出版年：2002 页码：275 William R Handley Cambridge University Press

Introduction 1. Western unions 2. Turner's rhetorical frontier 3. Marrying for race and nation: Wister's omniscience and omissions 4. Polygamy and empire: Grey's distinctions 5. Unwedded West: Cather's divides 6. Accident and destiny: Fitzgerald's fantastic geography 7. Promises and betrayals: Joan Didion and Wallace Stegner Afterword Notes Index.