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UNINA9910971350003321 |
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Titolo |
Dirty words in Deadwood : literature and the postwestern / / edited by Melody Graulich and Nicolas S. Witschi |
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Lincoln, Neb. ; ; London, : University of Nebraska Press, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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9781496210487 |
1496210484 |
9780803264892 |
0803264895 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (358 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GraulichMelody <1951-> |
WitschiNicolas S. <1966-> |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Deadwood's Barbaric Yawp: Sharing a Literary Heritage / Melody Graulich -- Deadwood Episodes -- Deadwood Cast -- David Milch at Yale: An Interview / Nathaniel Lewis -- Last Words in Deadwood / Brian McCuskey -- The Thinking of Al Swearengen's Body: Kidney Stones, Pigpens, and Burkean Catharsis in Deadwood / Tim Steckline -- "Land of Oblivion": Abjection, Broken Bodies, and the Western Narrative in Deadwood / John Dudley -- The Final Stamp: Deadwood and the Gothic American Frontier / Wendy Witherspoon -- "Down These Mean Streets": Film Noir, Deadwood, Cinematic Space, and the Irruption of Genre Codes / Nicolas S. Witschi -- "Right or Wrong, You Side with Your Feelings" / Jennilyn Merten -- "A Brooding and Dangerous Soul": Deadwood's Imperfect Music / David Fenimore -- Calamity Jane and Female Masculinity in Deadwood / Linda Mizejewski -- Queer Spaces and Emotional Couplings in Deadwood / Michael K. Johnson -- Who Put the Gun into the Whore's Hand? Disability in Deadwood / Nicole Tonkovich. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Dirty Words in "Deadwood" showcases literary analyses of the Deadwood television series by leading western American literary critics. Whereas previous reaction to the series has largely addressed the |
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question of historical accuracy rather than intertextuality or literary complexity, Melody Graulich and Nicolas S. Witschi's edited volume brings a much-needed perspective to Deadwood's representation of the frontier West. As Graulich observes in her introduction: "With its emotional coherence, compelling characterizations, compressed structural brilliance, moral |
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