New literary portraits of the american west: contemporary nevada fiction
Auteur :
Rio, David
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
ISBN :
9783034315906
Date de publication :
4 mars 2015
Dimensions :
22,5 x 15,0 cm
Poids :
590 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This book addresses contemporary Nevada fiction as one of the most probing literary explorations of the American West. It is argued that recent fictional representations of Nevada both encompass some common thematic trends in contemporary western writing and present unique features, such as its depiction of Basque immigrants, the nuclear controversy, and Las Vegas and Reno.