Regeneration through violence : the mythology of the American frontier, 1600-1860 /

Slotkin, Richard, 1942-

Regeneration through violence : the mythology of the American frontier, 1600-1860 / by Richard Slotkin. - 1st HarperPerennial ed. - New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1996 - viii, 670 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [593]-622) and index.

0060976829

95042509 //r96


Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
National characteristics, American.
Regeneration in literature.
Violence in literature.
Myth in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.