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Jack Schaefer: The Evolution of Pessimism

Jack Schaefer: The Evolution of Pessimism Michael Cleary Western American Literature, Volume 14, Number 1, Spring 1979, pp. 33-47 (Article) Published by University of Nebraska Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wal.1979.0074 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/530925/summary Access provided at 24 Feb 2020 16:30 GMT from JHU Libraries M I C H A E L C L E A R Y Broward C o m m u n ity College In his perceptive essay, “ Growing U p w ith the Am erican W est: Fiction of Ja c k Schaefer,” Fred Erism an observes th a t Schaefer’s dom ­ in an t them e of com ing of age often goes “beyond h u m an m atu ratio n to com m ent upon national m a tu ra tio n .” 1 Erism an traces th e progress of Clinton Rossiter’s four m a jo r characteristics of nationhood in Schaefer’s novels: territorial integrity; societal cohesion; political, economical, and cultural independence; and self-knowledge. Erism an concludes th at Schaefer’s view of A m erica’s m a tu ratio n is optimistic, th a t although the n a tio n is still young a n d needs to learn its lessons, it “will http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Western American Literature The Western Literature Association

Jack Schaefer: The Evolution of Pessimism

Cleary, Michael
Western American Literature , Volume 14 (1) – Oct 4, 2017
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Michael Cleary Western American Literature, Volume 14, Number 1, Spring 1979, pp. 33-47 (Article) Published by University of Nebraska Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wal.1979.0074 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/530925/summary Access provided at 24 Feb 2020 16:30 GMT from JHU Libraries M I C H A E L C L E A R Y Broward C o m m u n ity College In his perceptive essay, “ Growing U p w ith the Am erican W est: Fiction of Ja c k Schaefer,” Fred Erism an observes th a t Schaefer’s dom ­ in an t them e of com ing of age often goes “beyond h u m an m atu ratio n to com m ent upon national m a tu ra tio n .” 1 Erism an traces th e progress of Clinton Rossiter’s four m a jo r characteristics of nationhood in Schaefer’s novels: territorial integrity; societal cohesion; political, economical, and cultural independence; and self-knowledge. Erism an concludes th at Schaefer’s view of A m erica’s m a tu ratio n is optimistic, th a t although the n a tio n is still young a n d needs to learn its lessons, it “will

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