The emergence of the american frontier hero 1682-1826: gender, action, and emotion

The study follows the early evolution of the American frontier hero, from itsroots 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. INDICE: - The American Frontier Hero in Mary Rowlandson's Narrative of theCaptivity 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 Female American; or, the Adventures of Unca Eliza Winkfield - Dancing between Ferocity and Delicacy in Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Charles Brockden Brown - Reconstituting the American Frontier Hero through James Fenimore - Mary Rowlandson in Jeans: The John Ford/John Wayne Film The Searchers and the Mary Rowlandson Heroic Archetype

• ISBN: 978-0-230-62150-3
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 13/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés