Title The emergence of the American frontier hero, 1682-1826 : gender, action, and emotion / Denise Mary MacNeil

Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (226 pages) Series American literature readings in the twenty-first century American literature readings in the 21st century Contents The American frontier hero in Mary Rowlandson's Narrative of the capitivity and restauration -- Mythological roots of the American frontier hero -- Mary Rowlandson, Puritan hero -- Mothering the Adamic hero -- Transcending gendered English American social positions: gender and racial multiplicity in the Adventures of Unca Eliza Winkfield -- Dancing between ferocity and delicacy in Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a sleep-walker / Charles Brockden Brown -- Reconstituting the American frontier hero through James Fenimore Cooper's Natty Bumppo in The last of the Mohicans: a narrative of 1757 -- Mary Rowlandson in jeans: The John Ford/John Wayne film The Searchers and the Mary Rowlandson archetype Summary The study follows the early evolution of the American frontier hero, from its roots in Mary Rowlandson's narration of her experiences as a prisoner during King Phillip's war through works by Unca Eliza Winkfield, Charles Brockden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper, the film-maker John Ford, and actor John Wayne Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index Notes Print version record Subject American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism American literature -- History and criticism. Western stories -- History and criticism Western films -- History and criticism Frontier and pioneer life in literature. Frontier and pioneer life in motion pictures Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. Literature. American literature Frontier and pioneer life in literature Literature Motion pictures Western films Western stories Heroenkult Literatur Volkskultur Film SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- In literature West (U.S.) -- In motion pictures West (U.S.) -- In popular culture Subject West United States Frontier Wilder Westen USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230103993 0230103995 9780230621503 0230621503 1282742647 9781282742642

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