Western writing - Haslam, Gerald W (Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1974)
Haslam, G. W. Introduction: Western writers and the national fantasy.--De Voto, B. Birth of an art.--Dobie, J. F. The writer and his region.--Stegner, W. On the writing of history.--Stewart, G. R. The regional approach to literature.--Guthrie, A. B. The historical novel.--Fisher, V. The novelist and his background.--Milton, J. R. The novel in the American West.--Taylor, J. G. The western short story.--Hutchinson, W. H. The "Western story" as literature.--Cawelti, J. G. Prolegomena to the Western.--Westbrook, M. The practical spirit: sacrality and the American West.--Lavender, D. The petrified West and the writer.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism; West (U.S.) -- Intellectual life; West (U.S.) -- In literature