In the work of their hands is their prayer : cultural narrative and redemption on the American frontiers, 1830-1930 /

In the work of their hands is their prayer : cultural narrative and redemption on the American frontiers, 1830-1930 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daehnke, Joel, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, c2003.
Subjects:
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > West (U.S.) > History and criticism.
Christianity and literature > West (U.S.)
Literature and history > West (U.S.)
Redemption in literature.
Progress in literature.
West (U.S.) > In literature.
Table of Contents:
  • In the work of their hands is their prayer: desire, history, and the drama of the American frontiers
  • "Necessary nothings" and "minor deprivations": cultivating the frontier marketplace in Caroline Kirkland's A new home, who'll follow?
  • Marvelous possessions: reaffirming the sacred, redeeming the profane in Yellowstone National Park
  • Bonanzas and borascas, accounts and "no accounts": Dan De Quille, Mark Twain, and the fortunate landscape of Nevada's Comstock lode
  • "Our life exempt from public haunt": national manhood, the fraternity of anglers, and the blessings of American leisure
  • "At our meanest tasks": redemption and the domestic economy in Willa Cather's Death comes for the archbishop
  • "Having done with calendared time": the corpus of mission and the enigmatic ends of history.

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