Failed Frontiersmen
White Men and Myth in the Post-Sixties American Historical Romance
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
| Author: | James J. Donahue | ISBN: | 9780813936840 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press | Publication: | February 4, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | James J. Donahue |
| ISBN: | 9780813936840 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
| Publication: | February 4, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press |
| Language: | English |
James Donahue shows how contemporary American male writers in the romance tradition engage with frontier mythology and expose its failure to deliver on its promises of cultural stability and political advancement, especially in the wake of the 1960s.
James Donahue shows how contemporary American male writers in the romance tradition engage with frontier mythology and expose its failure to deliver on its promises of cultural stability and political advancement, especially in the wake of the 1960s.
