LEADER 04240nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910461662503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-62279-3 010 $a0-520-95347-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520953475 035 $a(CKB)2670000000259127 035 $a(EBL)1033729 035 $a(OCoLC)812253933 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000721649 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11475706 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721649 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10693154 035 $a(PQKB)11599838 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1033729 035 $a(DE-B1597)520695 035 $a(OCoLC)815390712 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520953475 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1033729 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10607267 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL393524 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000259127 100 $a20120430d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRide, boldly ride$b[electronic resource] $ethe evolution of the American western /$fMary Lea Bandy and Kevin Stoehr 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-25866-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tForeword --$tIntroduction --$t1. Diverse Perspectives in Silent Westerns: Landscape, Morality, and the Native American --$t2. Not at Home on the Range: Women against the Frontier in The Wind --$t3. "He Went That- Away": The Comic Western and Ruggles of Red Gap --$t4. Landscape and Standard- Setting in the 1930's Western: The Big Trail and Stagecoach --$t5. Indian- Fighting, Nation- Building, and Homesteading in the A-Western: Northwest Passage and The Westerner --$t6. Howard Hawks and John Wayne: Red River and El Dorado --$t7. The Postwar Psychological Western (1946- 1956): My Darling Clementine to Jubal --$t8. John Ford's Later Masterpieces: The Searchers and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance --$t9. The Existential and Revisionist Western: Comanche Station to The Wild Bunch and Beyond --$t10. Eastwood and the American Western: High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Unforgiven --$t11. Coda: From Lonesome Dove (1989) to Cowboys and Aliens (2011) --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThis comprehensive study of the Western covers its history from the early silent era to recent spins on the genre in films such as No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, True Grit, and Cowboys & Aliens. While providing fresh perspectives on landmarks such as Stagecoach, Red River, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and The Wild Bunch, the authors also pay tribute to many under-appreciated Westerns. Ride, Boldly Ride explores major phases of the Western's development, including silent era oaters, A-production classics of the 1930's and early 1940's, and the more psychologically complex portrayals of the Westerner that emerged after World War II. The authors also examine various forms of genre-revival and genre-revisionism that have recurred over the past half-century, culminating especially in the masterworks of Clint Eastwood. They consider themes such as the inner life of the Western hero, the importance of the natural landscape, the roles played by women, the tension between myth and history, the depiction of the Native American, and the juxtaposing of comedy and tragedy. Written in clear, engaging prose, this is the only survey that encompasses the entire history of this long-lived and much-loved genre. 606 $aWestern films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCowboys$zWest (U.S.)$vDrama 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWestern films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCowboys 676 $a791.436/278 676 $a791.4365878 700 $aBandy$b Mary Lea$01053245 701 $aStoehr$b Kevin$f1967-$01053246 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461662503321 996 $aRide, boldly ride$92485057 997 $aUNINA