The Western Genre: From Lordsburg to Big Whiskey

by John Saunders

The Western From Lordsburg to Big Whiskey offers close readings of the definitive American film movement as represented by such leading exponents as John Ford, Howard Hawks, and Sam Peckinpah. In his consideration of such iconic motifs as the Outlaw Hero and the Lone Rider, John Saunders traces the development of perennial aspects of the genre, its continuity and, importantly, its change. Representations of morality and masculinity are also foregrounded in consideration of the genre's major stars John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, and such films as Shane, Rio Bravo, The Wild Bunch, and Unforgiven.

Genres: Film

144 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2001

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[Otto · Rating 1 out of 5]

Worse copy editing work I have witnessed in 20 years of scholarship. First chapter is a mess, sections repeated, sections missing.