West of Everything : the Inner Life of Westerns.

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A leading figure in the debate over the literary canon, Jane Tompkins was one of the first to point to the ongoing relevance of popular women's fiction in the 19th century, long overlooked or scorned by literary critics. Now, in West of Everything, Tompkins shows how popular novels and films of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tompkins, Jane P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Western stories > History and criticism.
Western films > History and criticism.
Westerns > Histoire et critique.
Public opinion
Western films
Western stories
West (U.S.) > Public opinion.
West United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Introduction; I: Elements of the Western; 1. Death; 2. Women and the Language of Men; 3. Landscape; 4. Horses; 5. Cattle; 6. Dry-Gulched: A Reckoning; II: Case Studies; 7. The Virginian: Wister's Mother; 8. Zane Grey: Writing the Purple Sage; 9. At the Buffalo Bill Museum, June 1988; 10. The Last of the Breed: Homage to Louis L'Amour; 11. Two Men; Epilogue: Fighting Words; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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