Owen Wister and the West
- ISBN-10
- 0806149868
- ISBN-13
- 9780806149868
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-03-16
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Author
- Gary Scharnhorst
Description
More than any other pioneer of the genre, Owen Wister turned the Western into a form of social and political critique, touching on such issues as race, the environment, women’s rights, and immigration. In Owen Wister and the West, a biographical-literary account of Wister’s life and writings, Gary Scharnhorst shows how the West shaped Wister’s career and ideas, even as he lived and worked in the East.
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