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From Gold Rush romances to detective thrillers, 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. As Nicolas Witschi shows, writers such as Raymond Chandler have used claims of textual realism to engage, replicate, or challenge commonly held assumptions about the West, while acknowledged realists have often relied on genre-derived impressions about the region.

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    A Paperback by Nicolas S. Witschi

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      Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
      Publication Date: 2/28/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780817357412, 978-0817357412
      ISBN10: 0817357416
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      Book Synopsis
      From Gold Rush romances to detective thrillers, 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. As Nicolas Witschi shows, writers such as Raymond Chandler have used claims of textual realism to engage, replicate, or challenge commonly held assumptions about the West, while acknowledged realists have often relied on genre-derived impressions about the region.

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