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Language:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Summary:

Examines the tale of adventurous enterprise and western expansion as an American literary form and identifies the role Washington Irving played in development of that tale.

Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Note on Abbreviations and Editions Cited
1. The Tale of Adventurous Enterprise
2. Irving, the West, and the Work of the Imagination
3. A Satire of Western Economic Expansion: A Tour on the Prairies
4. A Celebration and a Warning: Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprize Beyond the Rocky Mountains and The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
Afterword
Notes
Works Consulted
Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Contributor:

De Gruyter.

ISBN:

9780231891615

OCLC:

1036963358

Publisher Number:

10.7312/ante93018 doi

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.