Cowboy Classics The Roots of the American Western in the Epic Tradition

by Day, Kirsten

• ISBN13: 9781474402460
• ISBN10: 1474402461
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-07-01
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Summary

Cowboy Classics looks at the surprisingly close connection between Western film and Greek and Roman epic, each of which focuses on a mythic-historical period from the past where our societal notions of what constitutes heroism, masculinity, and honor were first forged.

Author Biography

Kirsten Day is Associate Professor of Classics at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois where she lives with her husband Sean and sons Harper and Owen. A native of Arkansas, she received her B.A. from Rice University, completed her graduate work at the University of Arkansas, and studied at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Her research interests include women in antiquity and classics in popular culture.

Table of Contents

Prologue
1. Howard Hawks's Red River
2. Fred Zinnemann's High Noon
3. George Stevens's Shane
4. John Ford's The Searchers
5. John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Conclusion