The Wild West Of Fiction And Film
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The Wild West Of Fiction And Film
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Author : Ed Hulse
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2022-04-30
The Wild West Of Fiction And Film written by Ed Hulse and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-30 with categories.
Popular-culture historian Ed Hulse has written this collection of informative, extensively researched essays on Westerns of pulp fiction and Saturday-matinee movies from the 20th century's first half. In 14 separate pieces he discusses the works of such venerated Western authors as Zane Grey, Max Brand, Walt Coburn, Clarence E. Mulford, and Paul S. Powers. He documents the first and early appearances on film of such legendary characters as Zorro, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger, Red Ryder, and Whistling Dan Barry. And he examines motion pictures featuring such popular Western stars as Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, William Boyd, Randolph Scott, and George O'Brien. While not pretending to be a comprehensive narrative history of the entire genre, this book covers a lengthy span of time and a considerable amount of ground. Hulse presents a wealth of heretofore unreported information on the making of classic Western movies, much of it gleaned from interviews with the actors, writers, and directors involved. At 344 pages, its 150,000 words accompanied by dozens of seldom-seen cover reproductions and rare movie stills, The Wild West of Fiction and Film is an invaluable addition to the history of American pop culture, lending new respectability to a chronically under-appreciated genre.
The Creation Of The Cowboy Hero
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Author : Jeremy Agnew
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-12-16
The Creation Of The Cowboy Hero written by Jeremy Agnew and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
As business interests have commercialized the American West and publishers and studios have created compelling imagery, the expectations of readers and moviegoers have influenced perceptions of the cowboy as a hero. This book describes the evolution of the cowboy hero as a mythic persona created by dime novels, television and Hollywood. Much of our concept of the cowboy comes to us from movies and the book's main focus is his changing image in cinema. The development of the hero image and the fictional West is traced from early novels and films to the present, along with shifting audience expectations and economic pressures.
Westerns
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Author : Lee Clark Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1998-05-08
Westerns written by Lee Clark Mitchell and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-05-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
Ranging from the novels of James Fenimore Cooper to Louis L'Amour, and from classic films such as STAGECOACH to spaghetti Westerns like A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, culture scholar Lee Clark Mitchell shows how Westerns as a genre helped assuage a series of crises in American culture by responding to fears and obsessions of its audience--particularly what it means to be a "man". 30 photos. 5 line drawings.
The American West On Film Myth And Reality
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Author : Richard A. Maynard
language : en
Publisher: Hayden Books
Release Date : 1974
The American West On Film Myth And Reality written by Richard A. Maynard and has been published by Hayden Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with History categories.
Compares the reality of Western history with its Hollywood treatment in movies.
The American West From Fiction 1823 1976 Into Film 1909 1986
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Author : Jim Hitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The American West From Fiction 1823 1976 Into Film 1909 1986 written by Jim Hitt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Literary Criticism categories.
Surveys the genre of western fiction that has been adapted for the American screen, excluding novelizations of films and foreign adaptations. The main sections are entitled "Red man, white man," "Six-gun heroes," and "The new west." A full chapter is devoted to treatments of Zane Grey. For film buffs rather than scholars. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
West Of Everything
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Author : Jane Tompkins
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1993-04-29
West Of Everything written by Jane Tompkins and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-04-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
A leading figure in the debate over the literary canon, Jane Tompkins was one of the first to point to the ongoing relevance of popular women's fiction in the 19th century, long overlooked or scorned by literary critics. Now, in West of Everything, Tompkins shows how popular novels and films of the American west have shaped the emotional lives of people in our time. Into this world full of violence and manly courage, the world of John Wayne and Louis L'Amour, Tompkins takes her readers, letting them feel what the hero feels, endure what he endures. Writing with sympathy, insight, and respect, she probes the main elements of the Western--its preoccupation with death, its barren landscapes, galloping horses, hard-bitten men and marginalized women--revealing the view of reality and code of behavior these features contain. She considers the Western hero's attraction to pain, his fear of women and language, his desire to dominate the environment--and to merge with it. In fact, Tompkins argues, for better or worse Westerns have taught us all--men especially--how to behave. It was as a reaction against popular women's novels and women's invasion of the public sphere that Westerns originated, Tompkins maintains. With Westerns, men were reclaiming cultural territory, countering the inwardness, spirituality, and domesticity of the sentimental writers, with a rough and tumble, secular, man-centered world. Tompkins brings these insights to bear in considering film classics such as Red River and Lonely Are the Brave, and novels such as Louis L'Amour's Last of the Breed and Owen Wister's The Virginian. In one of the most moving chapters (chosen for Best American Essays of 1991), Ttompkins shows how the life of Buffalo Bill Cody, killer of Native Americans and charismatic star of the Wild West show, evokes the contradictory feelings which the Western typically elicits--horror and fascination with violence, but also love and respect for the romantic ideal of the cowboy. Whether interpreting a photograph of John Wayne of meditating on the slaughter of cattle, Jane Tompkins writes with humor, compassion, and a provocative intellect. Her book will appeak to many Americans who read or watch Westerns, and to all those interested in a serious approach to popular culture.
Crime Fiction And Film In The Southwest
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Author : Steve Glassman
language : en
Publisher: Popular Press
Release Date : 2001
Crime Fiction And Film In The Southwest written by Steve Glassman and has been published by Popular Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Literary Criticism categories.
When Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Tony Hillerman's oddly matched tribal police officers, patrol the mesas and canyons of their Navajo reservation, they join a rich traditon of Southwestern detectives. In Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest, a group of literary critics tracks the mystery and crime novel from the Painted Desert to Death Valley and Salt Lake City. In addition, the book includes the first comprehensive bibliography of mysteries set in the Southwest and a chapter on Southwest film noir from Humphrey Bogart's tough hood in The Petrified Forest to Russell Crowe's hard-nosed cop in L.A. Confidential.
The West In Early Cinema
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Author : Nanna Verhoeff
language : en
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01
The West In Early Cinema written by Nanna Verhoeff and has been published by Amsterdam University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Verhoeff investigates the emergence of the western genre, made in the first two decades of cinema (1895-1915). By analyzing many unknown and forgotten films from international archives she traces the relationships between films about the American West, their surrounding films, and other popular media such as photography, painting, (pulp) literature, Wild West Shows and popular ethnography. Through this exploration of archival material she raises new questions of historiography and provides a model for historical analysis. These first traces of the Western film reveal a preoccupation with presence and actuality that informs us about the way in which film, as new medium, took shape within the context of its contemporary visual culture. In The West in Early Cinema gaat Nanna Verhoeff op zoek naar de nog onbekende beginjaren van het westerngenre tijdens de eerste twee decennia van het medium film 1895-1915). Aan de hand van onbekende en vergeten films uit internationale filmarchieven traceert zij de relaties tussen films over het Westen, omringende filmgenres uit deze periode, en andere populaire media als fotografie, schilderkunst, (pulp)literatuur, Wild West Shows en populaire etnografie. Deze sporen van het genre tonen een grote actualiteit en variatie, die laat zien op welke manier de film als nieuw medium een vorm vond binnen de toenmalige visuele cultuur.
The Old West In Fact And Film
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Author : Jeremy Agnew
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-11-15
The Old West In Fact And Film written by Jeremy Agnew and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with Performing Arts categories.
For many years, movie audiences have carried on a love affair with the American West, believing Westerns are escapist entertainment of the best kind, harkening back to the days of the frontier. This work compares the reality of the Old West to its portrayal in movies, taking an historical approach to its consideration of the cowboys, Indians, gunmen, lawmen and others who populated the Old West in real life and on the silver screen. Starting with the Westerns of the early 1900s, it follows the evolution in look, style, and content as the films matured from short vignettes of good-versus-bad into modern plots.
Clive Sinclair S True Tales Of The Wild West
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Author : Clive Sinclair
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2008
Clive Sinclair S True Tales Of The Wild West written by Clive Sinclair and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Fiction categories.
A photo-journalist called Peppercorn, sets off to South Dakota, to find his inner cowboy (and, more prosaically, to write an article on the Buffalo Roundup at Custer State Park for travel magazine Terra Incognita). With a cast of larger-than-life charactersincluding Peppercorns cousin, Saltzman, lecturer in (and soon-to-be saviour of) the University of St. Albans School of American Studies; Mercy Sweetbriar, Rapid Citys representative from the Department of Tourism, and runner-up in the Appearance, Personality, and Photogenics category in South Dakotas Miss Rodeo contest; and tarted-up trailer trash Miami Bitch, sporting denim hotpants and deep-pan cleavageand combining fact, fantasy, and fiction, Clive Sinclairs True Tales of the Wilde West is a glorious romp through the legends and landscapes of the American West.