Isbn: 9780521239240 - plotting the golden west: american literature and the rhetoric of the california trail (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, tears and loss.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0521239249. …

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing on the edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-211) and index. Contents; Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The West and the man of letters: confidence and anxiety; 2. Fremont and the humble bee; 3. The forty-niners: the stylistic pathology of the Overland Trail; 4. The unofficial Gold Rush; 5. The journalists' California; 6. Mark Twain's West: the stillbirth of satire; 7. The perennial critique and the poem of fact; Notes to the text; List of primary sources treated at length; An essay on further reading; Index. Subjects; 1800-1899. American literature West (U.S.) History and criticism. American literature 19th century History and criticism. Authors, American Homes and haunts West (U.S.). English language United States Rhetoric. American literature. Authors, American Homes and haunts. English language Rhetoric. Intellectual life. Literature. Gold miners in literature. California in literature. Gold miners California History 19th century. American literature 19th century History and criticism. American literature West (U.S.) History and criticism. Gold mines and mining United States California. Gold mines and mining United States California Social life and customs. American literature The West History and criticism. Gold mines and mining California Social conditions. West (U.S.) Intellectual life 19th century. California Social life and customs. English literature American writers 1830-1861 Special subjects California Gold mining communities Social conditions 1849-1850. English literature American writers 1830-1861. Special subjects California Gold mining communities Social life 1849-1850 Critical studies. 1 Kg.…

Hardback. 1st. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners with small chip to rear upper spine edge. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 241pages. This book focuses on how the experiences of the California Gold Rush of 1849-50 were written about. Explores both amateur and professional writings, including literary travellers like Washington Irvine, pseudo explorations and quasi- scientific expeditions etc.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's hardback in better than very good condition: firm, square and tight no snags or splits. Complete with dustjacket: not showing any tears or chips, now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. Contents fresh and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in presentable condition.…