The American western in Canadian literature /

"The first historically broad and in-depth study of the Canadian Western, its relationship to the American genre, and its shifting place within Canada's national and regional literary traditions. The Western, with its stoic cowboys and quickhanded gunslingers, is an instantly recognizable...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Deshaye, Joel, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, [2022]
Series:West series (Calgary, Alta.) ; 13.
Subjects:
Western stories, Canadian.
Canadian literature > American influences.
Canadian fiction > Canada, Western > History and criticism.
Canadian literature > Canada, Western > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian
Canadian fiction.
Canadian literature.
Literature.
Canada, Western > In literature.
Amérique du Nord (Ouest) > Dans la littérature.
Western Canada.
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Signposts and scales
  • Scaling and spacing the genre : Transnationalism, nationalism, and regionalism
  • Tom King's John Wayne : Indigenous perspectives on the western
  • The Northwestern cross : Christianity and transnationalism in early Canadian westerns
  • From law to outlaw : The Second World War, westerns, and the '40s pulps
  • CanLit's postmodern westerns : Ghosts and the cowgirl riding off into the sunrise
  • Degeneration through violence : Contemporary historical westerns and posthuman horsemen
  • Conclusion : Mining the western in the 21st century.

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