Easterns, Westerns, and Private Eyes: American Matters, 1870-1900University of Wisconsin Press, 1994 - 216 pages In 'Easterns, Westerns, and Private Eyes', Marcus Klein explores the sources and accumulated meanings of certain tales and figures that have dominated the American imagination: the Horatio Alger story, the western, and the figure of the private eye. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 3 |
RAGS TO RICHES | 11 |
Adrift in New York | 29 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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