The Resource Cowboy classics : the roots of the American western in the epic tradition, Kirsten Day
Cowboy classics : the roots of the American western in the epic tradition, Kirsten Day
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The item Cowboy classics : the roots of the American western in the epic tradition, Kirsten Day represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- In the American psyche, the Wild West is a mythic-historical place where the nation's values and ideologies were formed. In this violent and uncertain world, the cowboy is the ultimate hero, fighting the bad guys, forging notions of manhood, and delineating what constitutes honor as he works to build civilization out of wilderness. Tales from this mythical place are best known from that most American of media: film. In the Greco-Roman societies that form the foundation of Western civilization, similar narratives were presented in what for them was the most characteristic, and indeed most filmic, genre: epic. Like Western film, the epics of Homer and Virgil focus on the mythichistorical past and its warriors who worked to establish the ideological framework of their respective civilizations. Through a close reading of films like High Noon and Shane, Kirsten Day examines the surprising connections between these seemingly disparate yet closely related genres
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- Prologue
- Introduction: Western film and the epic tradition
- Howard Hawk's Red River
- Fred Zinnemann's High noon
- George Steven's Shane
- John Ford's The searchers
- John Ford's The man who shot Liberty Valance
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781474422055
- Label
- Cowboy classics : the roots of the American western in the epic tradition
- Title
- Cowboy classics
- Title remainder
- the roots of the American western in the epic tradition
- Statement of responsibility
- Kirsten Day
- Subject
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- Cowboys in popular culture -- United States
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Epic poetry, Greek
- Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
- Epos
- Heroes
- Heroes
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video | History & Criticism
- USA
- United States
- Western films
- Western films -- United States -- History and criticism
- Westernfilm
- Antike
- Cowboys in popular culture
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the American psyche, the Wild West is a mythic-historical place where the nation's values and ideologies were formed. In this violent and uncertain world, the cowboy is the ultimate hero, fighting the bad guys, forging notions of manhood, and delineating what constitutes honor as he works to build civilization out of wilderness. Tales from this mythical place are best known from that most American of media: film. In the Greco-Roman societies that form the foundation of Western civilization, similar narratives were presented in what for them was the most characteristic, and indeed most filmic, genre: epic. Like Western film, the epics of Homer and Virgil focus on the mythichistorical past and its warriors who worked to establish the ideological framework of their respective civilizations. Through a close reading of films like High Noon and Shane, Kirsten Day examines the surprising connections between these seemingly disparate yet closely related genres
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Day, Kirsten
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- filmographies
- Series statement
- Screening Antiquity
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Western films
- Epic poetry, Greek
- Heroes
- Cowboys in popular culture
- PERFORMING ARTS
- Cowboys in popular culture
- Epic poetry, Greek
- Heroes
- Western films
- United States
- Antike
- Epos
- Westernfilm
- USA
- Label
- Cowboy classics : the roots of the American western in the epic tradition, Kirsten Day
- Bibliography note
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-213) and index
- Includes filmography: pages 214-216
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Introduction: Western film and the epic tradition -- Howard Hawk's Red River -- Fred Zinnemann's High noon -- George Steven's Shane -- John Ford's The searchers -- John Ford's The man who shot Liberty Valance -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ocn960033657
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781474422055
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1bh14t2
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)960033657
- Label
- Cowboy classics : the roots of the American western in the epic tradition, Kirsten Day
- Bibliography note
-
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-213) and index
- Includes filmography: pages 214-216
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Introduction: Western film and the epic tradition -- Howard Hawk's Red River -- Fred Zinnemann's High noon -- George Steven's Shane -- John Ford's The searchers -- John Ford's The man who shot Liberty Valance -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ocn960033657
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781474422055
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1bh14t2
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)960033657
Subject
- Cowboys in popular culture -- United States
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Epic poetry, Greek
- Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
- Epos
- Heroes
- Heroes
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video | History & Criticism
- USA
- United States
- Western films
- Western films -- United States -- History and criticism
- Westernfilm
- Antike
- Cowboys in popular culture
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