{"product_id":"failed-frontiersmen-james-j-donahue-9780813936833","title":"Failed Frontiersmen: White Men and Myth in the Post-Sixties American Historical Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFailed Frontiersmen, \u003c\/i\u003e James Donahue writes that one of the founding and most persistent mythologies of the United States is that of the American frontier. Looking at a selection of twentieth-century American male fiction writers--E. L. Doctorow, John Barth, Thomas Pynchon, Ishmael Reed, Gerald Vizenor, and Cormac McCarthy--he shows how they reevaluated the historical romance of frontier mythology in response to the social and political movements of the 1960s (particularly regarding the Vietnam War, civil rights, and the treatment of Native Americans). Although these writers focus on different moments in American history and different geographic locations, the author reveals their commonly held belief that the frontier mythology failed to deliver on its promises of cultural stability and political advancement, especially in the face of the multicultural crucible of the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003eCultural Frames, Framing Culture\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Literatures Initiative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James J. Donahue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813936837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813936833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.20w x 0.50d","brand":"James J. Donahue","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128560513279,"sku":"9780813936833","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ac8a4ad-1a1f-4e6e-ac88-7405a28b47c3.jpg?v=1687459284","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/failed-frontiersmen-james-j-donahue-9780813936833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}