The smell of distance: Wallace Stegner's definition of western non-fiction

Ralph E. Hanson

doi:10.1016/S0362-3319(01)00151-3

The smell of distance: Wallace Stegner's definition of western non-fiction

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Abstract

Wallace Stegner has argued that land, scale, and aridness are defining characteristics of both the American West and writings about the West. Stegner's definition is analyzed using his own works and Mark Twain's Roughing It.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	557-565
Number of pages	9
Journal	Social Science Journal
Volume	38
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0362-3319(01)00151-3
State	Published - Dec 2001
Externally published	Yes

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Sociology and Political Science

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