{"product_id":"9781118652510","title":"A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNicolas S. Witschi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West\u003c\/i\u003e presents a series of essays that explore the historic and contemporary cultural expressions rooted in America's western states.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of cultural expressions originating in the west\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the intersections, complexities, and challenges found within and between the different historical and cultural groups that define the west's various distinctive regions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses traditionally familiar icons and ideas about the west (such as cowboys, wide-open spaces, and violence) and their intersections with urbanization and other regional complexities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures essays written by many of the leading scholars in western American cultural studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicolas S. Witschi\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Western Michigan University. A past co-president of the Western Literature Association, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eTraces of Gold: California’s Natural Resources and the Claim to Realism in Western American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and of a Western Writers Series monograph on \u003ci\u003eAlonzo “Old Block” Delano\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). He is also the co-editor with Melody Graulich of \u003ci\u003eDirty Words in \"Deadwood\": Literature and the Postwestern\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 February 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118652510\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e576\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315813609612,"sku":"9781118652510","price":52.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118652510_04691b1a-eaf1-4307-9530-e6991755ca79.jpg?v=1780164749","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118652510","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}