Exploring lost borders
Subtitle: critical essays on Mary Austin
By: edited by Melody Graulich and Elizabeth Klimasmith.
Contributors: Graulich, Melody, 1951-; Klimasmith, Elizabeth, 1969-
Series: Western literature series
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Reno, Nev
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Women and literature -- Southwestern States.; Western stories -- History and criticism.; West (U.S.) -- In literature.
Description: "While many of Mary Austin's stories and essays have been compiled and a number of her novels reprinted, this is the first book-length collection of essays on her work. The editors have created a volume that covers the range of Austin's writing in varied genres - exploring both familiar texts and those which have until now received little critical attention and offering a variety of critical perspectives.

Some writers extend the established approaches to Austin's work, such as ecocriticism and feminist criticism. Others rethink and redefine the roles in which Austin has usually been cast, as "nature writer," "Western American writer," and social critic. Others read Austin within new theoretical frameworks such as consumer and postcolonial studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-298) and index.