Written from a distinctively western point of view, this book places prairie fiction in its cultural and historical context. Dick Harrison examines prairie fiction as part of that larger "naming" process by which we strive to assimilate a new experience.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-242)
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 813/.009/32
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781459304697 0888640196
- LCCN
- PR9207.P7
- LCCN Item number
- H37 1977eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBVaU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 250 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00603493 (OCoLC)243594362 (CaOOCEL)405728
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- List of plates 9
- Preface 10
- I: Eastern Eyes: The Problem of Seeing the Prairie 18
- II: Excess Cultural Baggage: The Nineteenth Century 62
- III: Eden, Surveyed and Fenced: The Romance of Pioneering 89
- IV: Alienation From the Land: Prairie Realism 117
- V: Archetypes of Ruin: The Failure of Imagination 148
- VI: The Other Traditions: Adventure Romance and Sentimental Comedy 171
- VII: Re-naming the Past: Contemporary Fiction 200
- Notes 231
- Selected bibliography 241
- Index 260
- A 260
- B 260
- C 260
- D 261
- E 261
- F 261
- G 261
- H 262
- I 262
- J 262
- K 262
- L 263
- M 263
- N 264
- O 264
- P 264
- R 265
- S 265
- T 266
- V 266
- W 266
- Y 267
- Z 267
