Includes bibliographical references (pages [137]-147).
The fall of the "big house" in the literature of the Americas -- Myth out of Mexico : the conquest in American literature -- Flag of illusion : The Texas revolution as a conflict of cultures -- Legend of destiny : the American Southwest in the novels of Harvey Fergusson -- The Mexican presence in the American Southwest -- Mexican painters and American writers -- American writers in Mexico, 1875-1925 -- Images of the Mexican in American literature -- Del rancho al campo : the ranch and farm in the literature of the Southwest -- Through the Southwest : by road, rail, and waterway -- Miguel Méndez, the voice in Spanish of the borderlands -- A creative burst from New Mexico : the novels and stories of Rudolfo Anaya -- The culture of the borderlands