Nineteenth-century American Western Writers

Nineteenth-century American Western Writers
Author: Robert L. Gale
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
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Essays on American western writers of the nineteenth century. Many of these writers defy easy categorization, as some were soldiers, journalists, poets, fiction writers, naturalists and historians as well as artists. Conspicuous in their absence are dramatists. Discusses the many styles employed by the authors, including historical, scientific, military, realistic, naturalistic, powerful and humorous.