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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971350003321

Titolo

Dirty words in Deadwood : literature and the postwestern / / edited by Melody Graulich and Nicolas S. Witschi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Neb. ; ; London, : University of Nebraska Press, c2013

ISBN

9781496210487

1496210484

9780803264892

0803264895

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

Postwestern horizons

Altri autori (Persone)

GraulichMelody <1951->

WitschiNicolas S. <1966->

Disciplina

791.45/72

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



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