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About the Author
Stephen McVeigh is Lecturer in the Department of American Studies at the University of Wales, Swansea. Author of 'American Literature, 1900-1945. in The Year's Work in English Studies Volume 83 (OUP, 2004).
Reviews
The American Western places depictions of the West into the complex history and spectacular landscape of this emblematically American region McVeigh's work lays claim to an impressive, interdisciplinary field of study. It should be read, taught, and appreciated. -- Professor Eric Sandeen, University of Wyoming Taken as a while The American Western further demonstrates the ongoing contemporaneous appeal and diverse meanings of the nation's frontier past... there is considerable merit in the author's integration of teh historical and literary along with cinematic depictions that illustrate the importance of the West in American political culture. -- John H Lenihan, Texas A&M University Western Historical Review The American Western places depictions of the West into the complex history and spectacular landscape of this emblematically American region McVeigh's work lays claim to an impressive, interdisciplinary field of study. It should be read, taught, and appreciated. Taken as a while The American Western further demonstrates the ongoing contemporaneous appeal and diverse meanings of the nation's frontier past... there is considerable merit in the author's integration of teh historical and literary along with cinematic depictions that illustrate the importance of the West in American political culture.
Book Information
ISBN 9780748621415
Author Stephen McVeigh
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Weight(grams) 394g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 23mm