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Busby, Mark.

Larry McMurtry and the West : an ambivalent relationship / by Mark Busby. - Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 1995. - 1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages). - Texas writers series ; [no. 4] . - Texas writers series ; no. 4. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-327) and index.

1. His Blood's Country -- 2. Escape, Ambivalence, and Return -- 3. Leaving Thalia: The Rural Trilogy and In a Narrow Grave -- 4. The Houston Trilogy -- 5. Escape: The Trash Trilogy -- 6. Return: Lonesome Dove -- 7. Thalia, Houston Redux: Texasville, Some Can Whistle, and The Evening Star -- 8. The Symbolic Frontiersman: Anything for Billy, Buffalo Girls, and Streets of Laredo -- 9. McMurtry and the Movies: Film Flam -- 10. The Roundup.


English.

ISBN: 058525902X 9780585259024

LCCN: 94047200

Subjects--Personal Names:
McMurtry, Larry--Knowledge--West (U. S.)
McMurtry, Larry.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Western stories--History and criticism.
Ambivalence in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
Ambivalence in literature.
Literature.
Western stories.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
American Literature.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
West (U.S.)--In literature.
Texas--In literature.
Texas.
West United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: PS3563.A319 / Z59 1995eb

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54