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A leading figure in the debate over the literary canon, Jane Tompkins was one of the first to point to the ongoing relevance of popular women's fiction in the 19th century, long overlooked or scorned by literary critics. Now, in West of Everything, Tompkins shows how popular novels and films... read more

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Near the beginning of Hondo, one of Louis L'Amour's best-known novels, the hero discovers the remains of a fight between a band of Apaches and a company of U.S. cavalrymen.

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  1. Jane P. Tompkins (Author)

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