Western novels have not been around very long in the scheme of things. but out of the gate the issue of marrying the wrong person was a central theme. I could name many but __Jude the Obscure__ (Hardy, 1894) comes to mind. There are genetic issues (Arabella) but not named as such and education issues. As for blank slates-- Reagan's _A N…
Western novels have not been around very long in the scheme of things. but out of the gate the issue of marrying the wrong person was a central theme. I could name many but __Jude the Obscure__ (Hardy, 1894) comes to mind. There are genetic issues (Arabella) but not named as such and education issues. As for blank slates-- Reagan's _A Nation at Risk_ was the grandfather of NCLB and look who was in on that (David P. Gardner).
Now I'm not sure why I mention Hardy, then Gardner but if the latter read the former maybe there would not have been a blank slate.
Western novels have not been around very long in the scheme of things. but out of the gate the issue of marrying the wrong person was a central theme. I could name many but __Jude the Obscure__ (Hardy, 1894) comes to mind. There are genetic issues (Arabella) but not named as such and education issues. As for blank slates-- Reagan's _A Nation at Risk_ was the grandfather of NCLB and look who was in on that (David P. Gardner).
Now I'm not sure why I mention Hardy, then Gardner but if the latter read the former maybe there would not have been a blank slate.