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The place of the cowboy novel in American literature : a study of its development from 1900 to 1940

Abstract

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Therefore, it is the main purpose of this thesis to arrive at some conclusions in regard to one aspect of cowboy fiction - the cowboy novel. In the main, this study will attempt to place the cowboy novel in its proper position in American literature, While doing this, it will try to show that there are two distinct schools of cowboy novels - the romantic and the realistic; and that of these two schools, the realistic tends to produce novels of a higher literary quality.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Year dc:date.available
1950

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Egan, Ferol

Subjects

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Rights

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1140
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2139

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2026-07-24
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Egan, Ferol. The place of the cowboy novel in American literature : a study of its development from 1900 to 1940. Thesis thesis, 1950. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1140