Reading for liberalism the Overland monthly and the writing of the modern American West / Stephen J. Mexal.
| Author/creator | Mexal, Stephen J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, |
| Description | xiii, 301 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Overland monthly and the writing of the modern American West |
| Contents | Introduction: liberalism and the language of wilderness -- Theoria and liberal governmentality: travel in Bret Harte's Overland monthly -- Narrative and liberal selfhood: Noah Brooks and the aesthetics of history -- "With which it was my fortune to be affiliated": social contingency in the life and poetry of Ina Coolbrith -- The limits of liberalism: Chinese, Indians, and the politics of cosmopolitanism in the West -- The greening of nineteenth-century liberalism: John Muir's wilderness and the discourse of civilization -- The brute's luck: liberal egalitarianism and the politics of literary naturalism -- Conclusion: the Overland group, luck, and the writing of the West. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-286) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012038939 |
| ISBN | 9780803240193 (cloth : alk. paper) |