Title: The literature of the American West,
Authors: Taylor, J. Golden,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Year: 1971
Subjects: American literature West (U.S.); West (U.S.) Literary collections.
Contents: 1. The novel. Critical creative approaches. The rise and fall of Barney Tullus / Don D. Walker -- Conservative, liberal, and western: three modes of American realism / Max Westbrook -- The Western novel: a symposium : Frederick Manfred ; Frank Walters ; Walter Van Tilburg Clark ; Vardis Fisher ; Harvey Fergusson ; Forrester Blake ; Paul Horgan ; Michael Straight / John R. Milton -- Critical analyses of three novels. The philosophical Joads / Frederic I. Carpenter -- The archetypal ethic of The ox-bow incident / Max Westbrook -- Thomas Berger's Little big man as literature / Delbert E. Wylder -- Further reading -- 2. The novella. The canyon / Jack Shaefer -- Pasó por aqúi / Eugene Manlove Rhodes -- The watchful gods / Walter Van Tilburg Clark -- Further reading -- 3. The short story. The right eye of the commander / Bret Harte -- Bakers bluejay yarn ; The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County / Mark Twain -- In the hands of his friends / Andy Adams --^