Tales of adventurous enterprise
Subtitle: Washington Irving and the poetics of Western expansion
By: Peter Antelyes.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Irving, Washington,  -- 1783-1859  -- Knowledge  -- West (U.S.); Adventure stories, American  -- History and criticism.; Frontier and pioneer life in literature.; Western stories  -- History and criticism.; West (U.S.) in literature.; United States  -- Territorial expansion  -- Historiography.; West (U.S.)  -- History  -- To 1848  -- Historiography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.