Owen Wister and the West Volume 30 by Gary Scharnhorst Paperback Book

Description: Owen Wister and the West Volume 30 by Gary Scharnhorst Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Owen Wister turned the Western into a form of social and political critique, touching on such issues as race, the environment, womens rights, and immigration. In this biographical-literary account of Wisters life and writings, Gary Scharnhorst shows how the West shaped Wisters career and ideas, even as he lived and worked in the East. Publisher Description Westerns are rarely only about the West. From the works of James Fenimore Cooper to Gary Cooper, stories set in the American West have served as vehicles for topical commentary. More than any other pioneer of the genre, Owen Wister turned the Western into a form of social and political critique, touching on such issues as race, the environment, womens rights, and immigration. In Owen Wister and the West, a biographical-literary account of Wisters life and writings, Gary Scharnhorst shows how the West shaped Wisters career and ideas, even as he lived and worked in the East.The Virginian, Wisters claim to literary fame, was published in 1902, but his writing career actually began in 1891 and continued for twenty-five years after the publication of his masterpiece. Scharnhorst traces Wisters western connections up to and through the publication of The Virginian and shows that the author remained deeply connected to the American West until his death in 1938. Like his Harvard friend Theodore Roosevelt, Wister was the sickly scion of an eastern family who recuperated in the West before returning to his home and inherited social position. His life story is punctuated with appearances by such contemporaries as Frederic Remington, Rudyard Kipling, and Ernest Hemingway. Scharnhorst thoroughly discusses Wisters experiences in the West, including a detailed chronology of his travels and the writings that grew out of them. He offers numerous insights into Wisters adroit use of sources, and provides revealing comparisons between Wisters western works and the writings of other authors treating the same region. The West, Scharnhorst shows, was the crucible in which Wister tested and expressed his political opinions, most of them startlingly conservative by present standards. Yet The Virginian remains the template for the western novel today. More than any other Western writer of the past century and a half, Wisters career merits resurrection. Author Biography Gary Scharnhorst is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico and author of numerous books, including Bret Harte: Opening the American Literary West and Julian Hawthorne: The Life of a Prodigal Son and Owen Wister and the West and Julian Hawthorne: The Life of a Prodigal Son. Details ISBN 080619409X ISBN-13 9780806194097 Title Owen Wister and the West Volume 30 Author Gary Scharnhorst Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 278 Publisher University of Oklahoma Press GE_Item_ID:158374284; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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