Cowboy Classics

The Roots of the American Western in the Epic Tradition

AvKirsten Day

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Del i serien Screening Antiquity

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Beskrivning

Cowboy Classics looks at the remarkably intimate connection between Westerns and Greek and Roman epics, each of which focuses on a mythic-historical period from the past where our societal notions of what constitutes heroism, masculinity and honour were first forged.Through her insightful analysis of Red River, High Noon, Shane, The Searchers and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Kirsten Day illustrates the parallels between these seemingly disparate yet closely related genres, allowing us to see each through a new lens while gaining insight into the persistence of these concepts in our world today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-05-27
Mått:156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:507 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Screening Antiquity
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474402460

Utforska kategorier

Forntidens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Kirsten Day is Associate Professor of Classics at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois where she lives with her husband Sean and sons Harper and Owen. A native of Arkansas, she received her B.A. from Rice University, completed her graduate work at the University of Arkansas, and studied at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Her research interests include women in antiquity and classics in popular culture.

Recensioner i media

Cowboy Classics is a straight-talking study in cultural reception. Day's analyses of Golden Age western films in light of Homer and Virgil are nuanced and deeply persuasive. Her work has much to teach us about heroism, gender, and the shaping of cultural identity, in both the present and the past.

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue1. Howard Hawks’s Red River2. Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon3. George Stevens’s Shane4. John Ford’s The Searchers5. John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceConclusion