Abstract:This essay contributes to discussions about directions for the field of western literary studies by querying the extent of application for the term postwestern . The author begins by observing that the field has so far dedicated the bulk of its attention largely to texts from after the world wars. In doing so, he argues, scholarship has left unclear what position earlier texts occupy within the critical discussion. The essay reconsiders a seldom-read text, Hamlin Garland’s Cavanagh: Forest Ranger, A Romance of… Show more
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