Shane (Novel and Film) at Century's End

Flora discusses how "Shane" by Jack Schaefer was not well-received by his literature students. Flora suggests that the image of good triumphing over evil may be too foreign to this generation of students.

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Published inJournal of American Culture Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 51 - 55
Main Author Flora, Joseph M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.1996
Subjects
American literature
Culture
Heroism & heroes
Literary criticism
Motion pictures
Novels
Schaefer, Jack
Violence
Wharton, Edith (1862-1937)
North Carolina
New York
United States > US
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Summary:Flora discusses how "Shane" by Jack Schaefer was not well-received by his literature students. Flora suggests that the image of good triumphing over evil may be too foreign to this generation of students.
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ISSN:0191-1813
1542-7331
1542-734X
DOI:10.1111/j.1542-734X.1996.1901_51.x