Cowboy Classics: The Roots of the American Western in the Epic Tradition

ISBN-13: 9781474402460 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 240 str.

Kirsten Day

Opis

Cowboy Classics looks at the surprisingly close connection between Western film and Greek and Roman epic, each of which focuses on a mythic-historical period from the past where our societal notions of what constitutes heroism, masculinity, and honor were first forged.

Spis treści

Series Editors’ Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Prologue; 1. Howard Hawks’s Red River; 2. Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon 68 3. George Stevens’s Shane; 4. John Ford’s The Searchers; 5. John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.