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Failed Frontiersmen: White Men and Myth in the Post-Sixties American Historical Romance (Cultural Frames, Framing Culture)

James J. Donahue

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Description:In "Failed Frontiersmen, " James Donahue writes that one of the founding and most persistent mythologies of the United States is that of the American frontier. Looking at a selection of twentieth-century American male fiction writers--E. L. Doctorow, John Barth, Thomas Pynchon, Ishmael Reed, Gerald Vizenor, and Cormac McCarthy--he shows how they reevaluated the historical romance of frontier mythology in response to the social and political movements of the 1960s (particularly regarding the Vietnam War, civil rights, and the treatment of Native Americans). Although these writers focus on different moments in American history and different geographic locations, the author reveals their commonly held belief that the frontier mythology failed to deliver on its promises of cultural stability and political advancement, especially in the face of the multicultural crucible of the 1960s.Cultural Frames, Framing CultureAmerican Literatures InitiativeWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Failed Frontiersmen: White Men and Myth in the Post-Sixties American Historical Romance (Cultural Frames, Framing Culture). To get started finding Failed Frontiersmen: White Men and Myth in the Post-Sixties American Historical Romance (Cultural Frames, Framing Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In "Failed Frontiersmen, " James Donahue writes that one of the founding and most persistent mythologies of the United States is that of the American frontier. Looking at a selection of twentieth-century American male fiction writers--E. L. Doctorow, John Barth, Thomas Pynchon, Ishmael Reed, Gerald Vizenor, and Cormac McCarthy--he shows how they reevaluated the historical romance of frontier mythology in response to the social and political movements of the 1960s (particularly regarding the Vietnam War, civil rights, and the treatment of Native Americans). Although these writers focus on different moments in American history and different geographic locations, the author reveals their commonly held belief that the frontier mythology failed to deliver on its promises of cultural stability and political advancement, especially in the face of the multicultural crucible of the 1960s.Cultural Frames, Framing CultureAmerican Literatures InitiativeWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Failed Frontiersmen: White Men and Myth in the Post-Sixties American Historical Romance (Cultural Frames, Framing Culture). To get started finding Failed Frontiersmen: White Men and Myth in the Post-Sixties American Historical Romance (Cultural Frames, Framing Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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