Quest west: american intellectual and cultural transformations
Auteur :
Lehan, Richard
Éditeur :
Louisiana State University Press
ISBN :
9780807153918
Date de publication :
5 mai 2014
Dimensions :
22,0 x 14,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
413 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Through an intellectual and cultural history of the frontier experience, Lehan details the transformations of ideas and literary forms that occurred as the country expanded to the west and demonstrates how the wilderness, and then by turn the urban frontier, represent an ideological summary of the nation itself.