The Western

David Lusted

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English

Longman
26 June 2003

Films, movies & cinema; Humanities; Media studies

Series: Inside Film

'Texas Jack Vermilion, this is Turkey Creek Johnson.'(Hour of the Gun, 1967).

The Western introduces the novice to the pleasures and the meanings of the Western film, shares the excitement of the genre with the fan, addresses the suspicions of the cynic and develops the knowledge of the student. Pat Garrett: 'How does it feel?' Billy the Kid: 'It feels like times have changed.' Garrett: 'Times, maybe. Not me.'(Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, 1973). The Western is about the changing times of the Western, and about how it has been understood in film criticism. Until the 1980s, more Westerns were made than any other type of film. For fifty of those years, the genre was central to Hollywood's popularity and profitability. The Western explores the reasons for its success and its latter-day decline among film-makers and audiences alike. Part I charts the history of the Western film and its role in film studies. Part II traces the origins of the Western in nineteenth-century America, and in its literary, theatrical and visual imagining. This sets the scene to explore the many evolving forms in successive chapters on early silent Westerns, the series Western, the epic, the romance, the dystopian, the elegiac and, finally, the revisionist Western. The Western concludes with an extensive bibliography, filmography select further reading. Over 200 Westerns are discussed, among them close accounts of classics such as Duel in the Sun, The Wild Bunch and Unforgiven, formative titles like John Ford's epic The Iron Horse, and early cowboy star William S. Hart's The Silent One together with less familiar titles that deserve wider recognition, including Comanche Station, Pursued and Ulzana's Raid.

By: David Lusted
Imprint: Longman
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9780582437364
ISBN 10: 0582437369
Series: Inside Film
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 26 June 2003
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. The Western as an Imaginary Space 2. The Western in Film and Cultural Studies 3. Where the Western Came From: The Antecedents of the Western Film 4.The Frontier Melodrama and the Silent Film 5. Series Westerns and Juvenile Drama 6.The Epic Western and the Founding of America 7. Romance Westerns and the Meaning of the Frontier 8. The Dystopian Western 9. Elegiac Westerns and the Death of the West 10. The Revisionist Western Further Reading Bibliography Index

David Lusted is at the Southhampton Institute

Reviews for The Western

?David L. Porter has compiled the invaluable Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball. Containing contributions by many of the finest baseball historians, this majestic three-volume work boasts concise but surprisingly revelatory biographies of many ballplayers, managers, executives, and umpires. Included are over 100 Negro League and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League entries. Recommended for large sports collections and libraries serving a baseball-loving public.?-Choice