Traces of gold
Subtitle: California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature
By: Nicolas S. Witschi.
Series: Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: American literature -- California -- History and criticism.; Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- California.; Natural resources -- California.; Realism in literature.; Nature in literature.; California -- Intellectual life.; California -- In literature.
Description: "From Gold Rush romances to cowboy Westerns, from hard-boiled detective thrillers to nature writing, the American West has long been known mainly through hackneyed representations in popular genres. But a close look at the literary history of the West reveals a number of writers who claim that their works represent the "real" West.".

"With its forays into ecocriticism and cultural studies and the welcome inclusion of Western genre writing in a serious study of American literary history, Traces of Gold will appeal to students and scholars of American literature, American studies, and western history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index.