Print the Legend Politics, Culture, and Civic Virtue in the Films of John Ford

by Pearson, Sidney A., Jr.; Marini, John; McMenamin, Brigid; Nichols, David K.; Pierce, Anne R.; Franck, Matthew J.; Brown, Gwen; Nichols, Mary P.; Cantor, Paul A.; Alvis, J. David; Alvis, John E.; Pontuso, James F.

• ISBN13: 9780739135631
• ISBN10: 0739135635
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-16
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

In Print the Legend: Politics, Culture, and Civic Virtue in the Films of John Ford, a collection of writers explore Ford's view of politics, popular culture, and civic virtue in some of his best films: Drums Along the Mohawk, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Stagecoach, How Green Was My Valley, and The Last Hurrah. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Sidney A. Pearson Jr. is professor emeritus of political science at Radford University and editor of The Constitutional Polity: Essays on the Founding Principles of American Politics.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Defending the West: John Ford and the Creation of the Epic Western	p. 1
The Blessings of Civilization: John Ford's Stagecoach	p. 21
John Ford's Revolutionary Americans: Drums Along the Mohawk	p. 37
Modernity and the Destruction of Boundaries: John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath	p. 49
On the Threshold of Modernity: John Ford's How Green Was My Valley	p. 65
Heroes and Political Communities in John Ford's Westerns: The Role of Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine	p. 85
The Western and Western Drama: John Ford's The Searchers and the Oresteia	p. 101
Heroic Virtue and the Limits of Democracy in John Ford's The Searchers	p. 133
Honor, Duty, and Civic Virtue: John Ford's Mr. Roberts and The Last Hurrah	p. 157
Why It Is Tough to Be the Second-Toughest Guy in a Tough Town: John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	p. 169
Index	p. 189
About the Contributors	p. 193
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