Regeneration through violence : the mythology of the American frontier, 1600-1860
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Slotkin, Richard, 1942-
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LC Subjects
American literature -- History and criticism.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Myth in literature.
Mythology in literature.
National characteristics, American.
Regeneration in literature.
Violence in literature.
OCLC Fast Subjects
American literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature
Myth in literature
Mythology in literature
National characteristics, American
Regeneration in literature
Violence in literature
Other Subjects
Américains.
Littérature américaine -- Histoire et critique.
Mythe dans la littérature.
Mythologie dans la littérature.
Mythos
Régénération dans la littérature.
USA -- Weststaaten
Violence dans la littérature.

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viii, 670 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-622).
Description
In Regeneration Through Violence, the first of his trilogy on the mythology of the American West, Richard Slotkin shows how the attitudes and traditions that shape American culture evolved from the social and psychological anxieties of European settlers struggling in a savage new world to claim the land and displace the Native Americans. Using the popular literature of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries -- including captivity narratives, the Daniel Boone tales, and the writings of Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Melville -- Slotkin traces the full development of this myth.
Awards
Albert J. Beveridge Award, 1973
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SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Slotkin, R. (1973). Regeneration through violence: the mythology of the American frontier, 1600-1860 ([1st ed.].). Wesleyan University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Slotkin, Richard, 1942-. 1973. Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Slotkin, Richard, 1942-. Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860 Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1973.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Slotkin, R. (1973). Regeneration through violence: the mythology of the american frontier, 1600-1860. [1st ed.]. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Slotkin, Richard. Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860 [1st ed.]., Wesleyan University Press, 1973.

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