Coulombe, Joseph L., 1966-

Mark Twain and the American West [electronic resource] / Joseph L. Coulombe. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2003. - xi, 181 p. ; 24 cm. - Mark Twain and his circle series . - Mark Twain and his circle series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.

Go east, young man : class conflict and degenerate manhood in Mark Twain's early writings -- Mark Twain as western outlaw : masculine language, violence, and success in Roughing it -- Moneyed ruffians : the new American hero in Life on the Mississippi -- Mark Twain's Native Americans and the repeated racial pattern in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- The eco-criticized Huck Finn : another look at nature in the works of Mark Twain -- Mark Twain's influence on Willa Cather's West.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2009.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 --Knowledge--West (U.S.)
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 --Travel--West (U.S.)


Western stories--History and criticism.
Indians in literature.
Nature in literature.


West (U.S.)--In literature.


Electronic books.

PS1342.W48 / C68 2003eb

818.409