Writing the trail : five women's frontier narratives / Deborah Lawrence.

Writing the trail : five women's frontier narratives /

For a long time, the American West was mainly identified with white masculinity, but as more women's narratives of westward expansion came to light, scholars revised purely patriarchal interpretations. Writing the Trail continues in this vein by providing a comparative literary analysis of five...

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Main Author: Lawrence, Deborah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.) > Sources.
Women pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
First person narrative > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century > Sources.
Sex role in literature.
Sex role > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century > Sources.
West (U.S.) > History > 1848-1860 > Sources.
West (U.S.) > History > 1860-1890 > Sources.
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