The Frontier as (Migrating) Space in American Social Thinking
The Frontier as (Migrating) Space in American Social Thinking

Summary/Abstract: In the paper the American frontier is described as a moving zone, a social, historical and economic as well as geographical phenomenon. The frontier experience determines American art, literature and social thinking to a large extent even today. The paper deals with the frontier as a moving space in historiography and literature. The essay consists of three parts. In the first part the concept of the frontier as a moving space is outlined. In the second part the relevant works of some American historians are – very briefly – analysed, from the aspect of the frontier as migrating space. The third part deals with a selection of literary works – novels and short stories – that show how the frontier is described by prominent and well-known American prose writers.

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