Stephen Prince was Professor of Cinema Studies at Virginia Tech.

"...an extraordinary work ...beautifully written ...Prince has recuperated Peckinpah's reputation as one of the most important artists of the postwar American cinema-perhaps the crucial link between late classical and postmodern Hollywood." David A. Cook, Director, Film Studies Program,Emory University, and author of History of Narrative Film

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Peckinpah and the 1960s 2. Aestheticizing Violence 3. Melancholy and Mortality 4. Interrogating Violence 5. A Disputed Legacy Notes Bibliography Index

Stephen Prince was Professor of Cinema Studies at Virginia Tech.

"...an extraordinary work ...beautifully written ...Prince has recuperated Peckinpah's reputation as one of the most important artists of the postwar American cinema-perhaps the crucial link between late classical and postmodern Hollywood." David A. Cook, Director, Film Studies Program,Emory University, and author of History of Narrative Film

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Peckinpah and the 1960s 2. Aestheticizing Violence 3. Melancholy and Mortality 4. Interrogating Violence 5. A Disputed Legacy Notes Bibliography Index

Stephen Prince was Professor of Cinema Studies at Virginia Tech.

"...an extraordinary work ...beautifully written ...Prince has recuperated Peckinpah's reputation as one of the most important artists of the postwar American cinema-perhaps the crucial link between late classical and postmodern Hollywood." David A. Cook, Director, Film Studies Program,Emory University, and author of History of Narrative Film

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Peckinpah and the 1960s 2. Aestheticizing Violence 3. Melancholy and Mortality 4. Interrogating Violence 5. A Disputed Legacy Notes Bibliography Index