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This volume explores the literature of the American West from a wide variety of perspectives, transcending the confines of regional studies and emphasizing the importance of considering the West and western writing in an international context. Among the authors discussed are such diverse writers as Zane Grey, Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Denise Chávez, Frank Bergon, Sherman Alexie, Edward Abbey, Annie Pike Greenwood, Jean Stafford, Annie Proulx, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Lucha Corpi, John Hawkes or David Guterson. Regional approaches coexist with essays which examine theoretical and practical aspects of interpreting the literature of the West as part of a global phenomenon.

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• Full title: Exploring the American literary West : international perspectives
• Author: Amaia Ibarraran Bigalondo, David Río Raigadas, José Miguel Santamaría
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318
• EAN: 9788483738757
• ISBN: 8483738759
• ID: 13139441
• Publisher: Universidad del País Vasco. Servicio Editorial = Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. Argitarapen Zerbitzu
• Weight: 620 g
• Dimensions: 240 × 170 mm
• Date of publishing: November 2006

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