Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
In an essay entitled “Literature of the Cowboy State” in 1978, Robert Roripaugh opened his discussion by declaring, “As far as serious literature from the American West is concerned, the least known, most neglected and uncataloged body of writing [. . .] is that of Wyoming” (26). He goes on to assert that there is little consistency “in the state’s literary output” (26). Twenty-five years later, Roripaugh’s remarks are still valid. Despite an attempt by several well-meaning scholars in the late 1980s to put together a literary anthology for the centennial of Wyoming’s statehood, and despite the recent compilation of a state literary anthology by the Wyoming Center of the Book, to date there has been no coherent literary history written. As Roripaugh also notes in his essay, Wyoming has produced no major literary figure.
Recommended Citation
Nesbitt, John D. Robert Roripaugh. Boise, ID: Boise State University, 2004. Digital. Western Writers Series, 161.