Cowboy classics : the roots of the American western in the epic tradition /

Compares the ancient epic and the American Western as parallel cultural narratives. 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Day, Kirsten, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2016.
Colección:Screening antiquity.
Temas:
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Western films > United States > History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Heroes.
Cowboys in popular culture > United States.
Westerns > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Poésie épique grecque > Histoire et critique.
Héros.
Cowboys dans la culture populaire > États-Unis.
heroes.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Cowboys in popular culture
Epic poetry, Greek
Heroes
Western films
Antike
Epos
Western > Film
United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • Introduction: Western film and the epic tradition
  • Howard Hawk's Red River
  • Fred Zinnemann's High noon
  • George Steven's Shane
  • John Ford's The searchers
  • John Ford's The man who shot Liberty Valance
  • Conclusion.

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