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Literature about the history and culture of Texas
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Texas literature isliterature about thehistory andculture ofTexas. It ranges broadly inliterary genres and dates from the time of thefirst European contact. Representative authors includeMary Austin Holley andKatherine Anne Porter.

Literature through the nineteenth century

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Non-fiction

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Mary Austin Holley

The earliest works relating to Texas were written inSpanish and were primarily historical in nature. Authors and works include:[1]

The firstEnglish book which was solely about Texas wasTexas (1833) byMary Austin Holley, cousin ofStephen F. Austin. It was expanded in 1836 and retitledHistory of Texas.[1]

A later author in this period,John Crittenden Duval, was dubbed the "Father of Texas Literature" byJ. Frank Dobie. Duval wroteEarly Times in Texas (serial form, 1868–71; book, 1892) andAdventures of Big-Foot Wallace (1872).[1]

Fiction

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Fiction about Texas was written starting in the early 19th century and consisted primarily ofromantic historical novels. TheAlamo figured prominently in many of these works by authors such asAugusta Evans Wilson andJeremiah Clemens.[1]

1900 to the present

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Non-fiction

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Two seminal writers who wrote about Texas in the Western tradition areJ. Frank Dobie andWalter Prescott Webb. Other non-fiction writers about Texas includeTom (Thomas Calloway) Lea,Paul Horgan, andJ. Evetts Haley.[1]

Fiction

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One of the most notable early 20th century works of Texas fiction wasThe Log of a Cowboy (1903) byAndy Adams. It was written in response to the immensely popular novel byOwen Wister,The Virginian, which had been published a year earlier.[1]

Joseph A. Altsheler wrote a trilogy of Texas fiction in his seriesThe Texan Star (1912),The Texan Scouts (1913), andThe Texan Triumph (1913).

Noteworthy authors of the 1930s include Edward Anderson, whose novelThieves Like Us (1937) has been filmed twice:[1] first in 1949 byRKO Radio Pictures asThey Live by Night, later in 1974MGM/UA studios releasedThieves Like Us, directed byRobert Altman. This period also included the work ofpulp magazine authors, such asRobert E. Howard[2] andJim Thompson.[3]

Born in Indian Creek,Katherine Anne Porter is arguably the finest 20th century short-story writer from the state.[4] Her childhood home in Kyle was dedicated as a National Literary Landmark in 2002.[5]

Post-World War II authors of fictional accounts of Texas includeElmer Kelton andLarry McMurtry.[1]Cormac McCarthy[6] andGloria Anzaldúa[7] are contemporary writers whose work is set in the state.

See also

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References

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  1. ^abcdefghGraham, Don B. "Literature" in theHandbook of Texas Online.Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 26, 2008.
  2. ^Burke, Rusty (2008)."A Short Biography of Robert E. Howard".The Robert E. Howard Foundation. RetrievedFebruary 12, 2013.
  3. ^"Wild Town".Texas Monthly. November 1, 1999.
  4. ^"Katherine the Great".Texas Monthly. January 21, 2013. RetrievedMay 27, 2021.
  5. ^"Laura Bush dedicates Porter home as literary landmark".Texas State University San Marcos. June 13, 2002. Archived fromthe original on July 19, 2008. RetrievedOctober 21, 2024.
  6. ^"The Invisible Man".Texas Monthly. July 1, 1992.
  7. ^Mindock, Clark (September 26, 2017)."Gloria E Anzaldúa: 5 facts about the cultural scholar you need to know".Independent.

Further reading

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  • Almon, Bert.This Stubborn Self: Texas Autobiographies. Texas Christian University Press, 2002.
  • Clifford, Craig, and Tom Pilkington, eds.Range Wars: Heated Debates, Sober Reflections, and Other Assessments of Texas Writing. Southern Methodist University Press, 1989.
  • Dobie, J. Frank (1952).Life and Literature in the Southwest — Online version of the guide to books about Texas
  • Graham, Don, James W. Lee, and William T. Pilkington, eds.The Texas Literary Tradition: Fiction, Folklore, History. University of Texas at Austin, 1983.
  • Graham, Don (ed.).Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande. W. W. Norton & Company, 2003.ISBN 0-393-05043-2. Paperback, 2006.ISBN 0-393-32828-7
  • Grider, Sylvia Ann, and Lou Halsell Rodenberger, eds.Texas Women Writers: A Tradition of Their Own. Texas A&M University Press, 1997.
  • Knight, Lucian Lamar, ed. (1913)."Fifty Reading Courses: Texas".Library of Southern Literature. Vol. 16. Atlanta: Martin and Hoyt Company. p. 214+.hdl:2027/uc1.31175034925258 – via HathiTrust.
  • Pilkington, Tom.State of Mind: Texas Literature and Culture. Texas A&M University Press, 1998.
  • Wiesepape, Betty Holland (2004).Lone Star Chapters: The Story of Texas Literary Clubs. Texas A&M University Press.ISBN 978-1-58544-324-6.

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