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Landscape and Literature: Louis L'Amour's Four Corners

Hargrave, Lawrence Wayne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1052943382

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2003, Master of Arts, Miami University, Geography.
There are many authors of popular fiction, who have used the arid Southwestern United States as a principal character, even the protagonist. This study examines one such author, Louis L'Amour, who set many of his tales in this region. Examination of selected L'Amour novels; combined with field observations, compare the character of L'Amour's physical landscape with professional geographers' depictions to establish consistency between the two visions. This scrutiny of L'Amour's work provides a view of the physical and historical geography of the 'West' and the rôle of place in his novels. The sense of place his readers obtain regarding this arid landscape is an invaluable asset to the classroom teacher endeavouring to help students achieve an insight regarding this arid region. Limitations within this study and future research directions are noted.
Stanley Toops (Advisor)
64 p.
Geography
Landscape and literature; Sense of place; geographical novels

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  • Hargrave, L. W. (2003). Landscape and Literature: Louis L'Amour's Four Corners [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1052943382

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hargrave, Lawrence. Landscape and Literature: Louis L'Amour's Four Corners. 2003. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1052943382.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hargrave, Lawrence. "Landscape and Literature: Louis L'Amour's Four Corners." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1052943382

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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