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03054aam a2200385Ii 4500 001 DBA0F10CE7AF11E78369235E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171223010231 008 160401s2016 stka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1474402461 020 $a 9781474402460 035 $a (OCoLC)946010105 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c ERASA $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d NTD $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a PN1995.9.W4 $b D38 2016 082 04 $a 791 100 1 $a Day, Kirsten, $d 1969- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016102114 245 10 $a Cowboy classics : $b the roots of the American western in the epic tradition / $c Kirsten Day. 264 1 $a Edinburgh : $b Edinburgh University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a x, 229 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Screening Antiquity 520 $a 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. 505 0 $a 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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-213), filmography (pages [214]-216), and index. 650 0 $a Western films $z United States $x History and criticism. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113452 650 0 $a Epic poetry, Greek $x History and criticism. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103292 650 0 $a Heroes. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85060430 650 0 $a Cowboys in popular culture $z United States. 650 7 $a Epic poetry, Greek. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00913902 650 7 $a Heroes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00955558 650 7 $a Western films. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01174006 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 830 0 $a Screening antiquity. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015104665 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211023951.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DBA0F10CE7AF11E78369235E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search