Wister, Owen 20th Century American World Literature

Wister, Owen 20th Century American World Literature

A Harvard-educated Easterner, Owen Wister (1860-1938) made his name romanticizing the American West of the late 19th century. With Frederic Remington, Theodore Roosevelt, and Buffalo Bill Cody he helped implant a mythological view of Western purity and nobility in American consciousness. Wister is best known for his 1930 biography of Theodore Roosevelt and for his novel The Virginian, an influential cowboy romance set in Wyoming. He wrote several other books and short stories, and the journals of his travels on the frontier have been published as Owen Wister Out West.

Top: Arts: Literature: World Literature: American: 20th Century: Wister, Owen

See Also:

Owen Wister's Virginian - Coined the phrase "When you call me that, smile" made famous by Gary Cooper. Page at cowboypoetry.com talks about Wister and his works.
History of Owen Wister - A chronology of Wister's life provided by the Town of Medicine Bow, Wyoming, in which his novel The Virginian is set. Includes notes on his cabin, store, and local monument.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: There's More to Author Than 'The Virginian' - Discusses "Romney," Wister's unfinished novel of Philadelphia life, and his other works.
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains - Chapter-by-chapter hypertext of the novel provided by the American Studies Programs at the University of Virginia.
Short Stories by Owen Wister - Text of nine short stories provided by ReadBookOnLine.net.

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor
Click here to add, change or remove your listing

MySQL - Cache Direct sec.