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  1. Traces of gold
    California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature
    Author: Witschi, Nicolas S.
    Published: c2002
    Publisher:  University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa

    Location:
    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0817311173; 9780817311179; 9780817313715
    Series: Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
    Subjects: American literature; Authors, American; Natural resources; Nature in literature; Realism in literature; Kalifornien <Motiv>; Natürliche Ressourcen <Motiv>; Realismus; Literatur
    Scope: x, 218 p
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index
  2. Traces of gold
    California's natural resources and the claim to realism in western American literature
    Author: Witschi, Nicolas S.
    Published: ©2002
    Publisher:  University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa

    Location:
    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0817311173; 0817313710; 9780817311179; 9780817313715
    Series: Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
    Subjects: American literature; California / In literature. American literature / California / History and criticism. Realism in literature. Natural resources / California. Authors, American / Homes and haunts / California. Nature; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; American literature; Authors, American / Homes and haunts; Intellectual life; Literature; Natural resources; Nature in literature; Realism in literature; Literatur; American literature; Authors, American; Natural resources; Realism in literature; Nature in literature; Realismus; Literatur; Natürliche Ressourcen <Motiv>; Kalifornien <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 218 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-212) and index

    Broadening our understanding of what constitutes "realism," Nicolas Witschi artfully demonstrates the linkage of American literary realism to the texts, myths, and resources of the American West. From Gold Rush romances to cowboy Westerns, from hard-boiled detective thrillers to nature writing, 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 as varied as Bret