弗吉尼亚人The-Virginian

作者：Owen Wister

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TheVirginian(1902)isOwenWister'sclassicpopularromance,andthemostsignificantshapinginfluenceoncowboyfiction.Itsnarrator,freshfromtheEast,encountersinWyomingcattlecountryastrange,seductiveandoftenviolentlandwherethehandsomefigureoftheVirginianbattlesforsupremacywithTrampasandotherne'er-do-wells.HiscourtshipofthegenteelVermontschoolteacher,MollyWood,isahumourouslyobservedbattleofthesexes,demonstratingthatthe'customsofthecountry'musteventuallyprevail.RichinvernacularwitandportrayingaromanticizedescapefromthedecorumofthepatricianEast,TheVirginianexudesasenseofredemptivepossibility,drawingonWister'sexperienceofasummerspentonaWyomingranchin1895.ThiseditionincludesWister'sneglectedessay,'TheEvolutionoftheCow-Puncher'(1895),arevealingcompaniontoanovelthathasdisturbingundercurrents.