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Traces of Gold: California's Natural Resources and the Claim to Realism in Western American Literature Book

Traces of Gold: California's Natural Resources and the Claim to Realism in Western American Literature
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Traces of Gold: California's Natural Resources and the Claim to Realism in Western American Literature, From Gold Rush romances to cowboy Westerns, from hard-boiled detective thrillers to nature writing, the American West has long been known mainly through hackneyed representations in popular genres. But a close look at the literary history of the West rev, Traces of Gold: California's Natural Resources and the Claim to Realism in Western American Literature
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  • Traces of Gold: California's Natural Resources and the Claim to Realism in Western American Literature
  • Written by author Nicolas S. Witschi
  • Published by University of Alabama Press, 12/13/2012
  • "From Gold Rush romances to cowboy Westerns, from hard-boiled detective thrillers to nature writing, the American West has long been known mainly through hackneyed representations in popular genres. But a close look at the literary history of the West rev
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Genres of Realism 1
1 Bret Harte and the Gold Rush Claim to Realism 15
2 John of the Mines: Muir's Picturesque Rewrite of the Gold Rush 43
3 "Why, Have You Got the Atlantic Monthly Out Here?" W. D. Howells, Realism, and the Idea of the West 66
4 1902: The Generic Imagination in Transition 85
5 "I Know What Is Best for You": Post-Howellsian Realism in Mary Austin's Desert Narratives 111
6 Hard-Boiled Nature: California, Detective Fiction, and the Limits of Representation 139
Notes 167
Works Cited 195
Index 213


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