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The Resource The American elsewhere : adventure and manliness in the age of expansion, Jimmy L. Bryan Jr, (electronic resource)
The American elsewhere : adventure and manliness in the age of expansion, Jimmy L. Bryan Jr, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- "Adventure is a common thread in the mythology of the American West. In the era of manifest destiny, mountain men and frontiersmen blazed trails across the continent in ways that still loom large in the American imagination. The life of mountain man Hugh Glass, for example, has inspired numerous books and movies, including Oscar-winner The Revenant. In folklore and popular culture, these men are typically portrayed as bold adventurers and American heroes. By contrast, scholars, especially in the past fifty years, tend to view them as villains, agents of violent conquest. In The American Elsewhere, Jimmy Bryan proposes a third view, a middle ground that considers the influence of Romanticism on the emotional motivations behind both the violent actions and self-aggrandizing views of adventurers in antebellum America. Bryan bases his study on "adventurelogues," novels and memoirs about the West written in the decades before the Civil War. He argues that these writings reveal the Romantic emotionalism adventurers brought to their time in the West as they sought escape from the Market Revolution and an Eastern world they perceived as dull and stifling. While Romantic artists and philosophers encountered the sublime in nature, these adventurers found the sublime in dangerous, violent interactions. They sought out situations where they could act boldly, experience profound emotions, and demonstrate their masculinity. And by then publishing accounts and fictionalizations of their adventures, these men created narratives of American manhood that viewed brutality, avarice, and chauvinism as noble--narratives that supported conquest and colonialism."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Isbn
- 9780700624799
- Label
- The American elsewhere : adventure and manliness in the age of expansion
- Title
- The American elsewhere
- Title remainder
- adventure and manliness in the age of expansion
- Statement of responsibility
- Jimmy L. Bryan Jr
- Title variation
- Adventure and manliness in the age of expansion
- Subject
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- United States -- Territorial expansion | Social aspects
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- United States -- Territorial expansion | History -- 19th century
- Adventure and adventurers -- West (U.S.)
- Masculinity in literature
- Masculinity in literature
- United States -- Territorial expansion | History -- 19th century
- Masculinity -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Electronic resources
- Adventure stories, American -- History and criticism
- United States -- Territorial expansion | Social aspects
- United States -- Territorial expansion | History -- 19th century
- Masculinity in popular culture -- United States
- Masculinity -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Adventure stories, American -- History and criticism
- Masculinity in popular culture -- United States
- Adventure and adventurers -- West (U.S.)
- United States -- Territorial expansion | Social aspects
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Adventure is a common thread in the mythology of the American West. In the era of manifest destiny, mountain men and frontiersmen blazed trails across the continent in ways that still loom large in the American imagination. The life of mountain man Hugh Glass, for example, has inspired numerous books and movies, including Oscar-winner The Revenant. In folklore and popular culture, these men are typically portrayed as bold adventurers and American heroes. By contrast, scholars, especially in the past fifty years, tend to view them as villains, agents of violent conquest. In The American Elsewhere, Jimmy Bryan proposes a third view, a middle ground that considers the influence of Romanticism on the emotional motivations behind both the violent actions and self-aggrandizing views of adventurers in antebellum America. Bryan bases his study on "adventurelogues," novels and memoirs about the West written in the decades before the Civil War. He argues that these writings reveal the Romantic emotionalism adventurers brought to their time in the West as they sought escape from the Market Revolution and an Eastern world they perceived as dull and stifling. While Romantic artists and philosophers encountered the sublime in nature, these adventurers found the sublime in dangerous, violent interactions. They sought out situations where they could act boldly, experience profound emotions, and demonstrate their masculinity. And by then publishing accounts and fictionalizations of their adventures, these men created narratives of American manhood that viewed brutality, avarice, and chauvinism as noble--narratives that supported conquest and colonialism."--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bryan, Jimmy L
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E179.5
- LC item number
- .B79 2017eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- Adventure and adventurers
- Masculinity
- Masculinity in literature
- Masculinity in popular culture
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- Adventure stories, American
- Label
- The American elsewhere : adventure and manliness in the age of expansion, Jimmy L. Bryan Jr, (electronic resource)
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780700624799
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 22573/ctt1w1w69r
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1006312195
- (OCoLC)on1006312195
- Label
- The American elsewhere : adventure and manliness in the age of expansion, Jimmy L. Bryan Jr, (electronic resource)
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780700624799
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 22573/ctt1w1w69r
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1006312195
- (OCoLC)on1006312195
Subject
- Adventure and adventurers -- West (U.S.)
- Adventure and adventurers -- West (U.S.)
- Adventure stories, American -- History and criticism
- Adventure stories, American -- History and criticism
- Electronic resources
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- Masculinity -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Masculinity -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Masculinity in literature
- Masculinity in literature
- Masculinity in popular culture -- United States
- Masculinity in popular culture -- United States
- United States -- Territorial expansion | History -- 19th century
- United States -- Territorial expansion | History -- 19th century
- United States -- Territorial expansion | History -- 19th century
- United States -- Territorial expansion | Social aspects
- United States -- Territorial expansion | Social aspects
- United States -- Territorial expansion | Social aspects
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