Bret Harte
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Word Count
37,750 words, Guess
Page Count
151 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1564230M
- ISBN-100805776486
- OCLC Control Number25049675
- OCLC Control Numberbretharte00gary
- Library of Congress Control Number91045870
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- Goodreads1033039
Classifications
- DDC813/.4
- LCCPS1834 .S33 1992
Description
"Gary Scharnhorst's biography of Harte traces the growing commercial appeal of western fiction and drama on both sides of the Atlantic during the Gilded Age, a development in which Harte played a crucial role.". "Harte's pioneering use of California local color in such stories as "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" challenged genteel assumptions about western writing and helped open eastern papers to contributions by Mark Twain and others. The popularity of Bret Harte's writings was driven largely by a literary market that his western stories helped create.". "The first Harte biography in nearly seventy years to be written entirely from primary sources, this book documents Harte's personal relationships and, in addition, his negotiations with various publishers, agents, and theatrical producers as he exploited popular interest in the American West."--BOOK JACKET.
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Series Statement
- Twayne's United States authors series ;
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- Bret Harte
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