Awards

• Winner of Ray and Pat Browne Best Edited Collection in Popular and American Culture—Popular Culture Association 2023 (United States)

Overview

Although Americans are no longer compelled to learn Greek and Latin, classical ideals remain embedded in American law and politics, philosophy, oratory, history and especially popular culture. In the Western genre, many film and television directors (such as John Ford, Raoul Walsh, Howard Hawks, Anthony Mann and Sam Peckinpah) have drawn inspiration from antiquity, and the classical values and influences in their work have shaped our conceptions of the West for years. This thought-provoking, first-of-its-kind collection of essays celebrates, affirms and critiques the West's relationship with the classical world. Explored are films like Cheyenne Autumn, The Wild Bunch, The Track of the Cat, Trooper Hook, The Furies, Heaven's Gate, and Slow West, as well as serials like Gunsmoke and Lonesome Dove.

Full Product Details

Author:   Sue Matheson
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9781476667645

ISBN 10:   1476667640
Pages:   227
Publication Date:   14 November 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: America and Antiquity: Force and Thumos in the Western Sue Matheson Prologos West of “Them”: Classical Allusions in Western Film Kirsten Day Aristotle and the Wild West: The Western as a Rhetorical Device Chris Yogerst Tragic Trails in Indian Country Chorei, ­Satyr-Drama, and the Birth of Tragedy in John Ford’s Cheyenne Autumn (1964) Sue Matheson Peckinpah and the Problem of Catharsis; or: How Well Does The Wild Bunch Fit Aristotle’s Poetics? Martin M. Winkler Euripidean Sunsets: Tragedy, the Western, and Conflicts Within Maria Cecília de Miranda N. Coelho Cowboys and Catharsis Pharmakos and the Bad Citizen Topos in Charles Marquis Warren’s Westerns: Trooper Hook, Tension at Table Rock and Charro! Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns “Scratched blood”: The Erinyes and Anthony Mann’s The Furies Kelly MacPhail The Splendor of Bart Allison: Antigone and the Tragic Western Hero Christopher Minz Homer on Horseback Homer’s Odyssey and Cattle Drive Westerns Andrew Howe Lonesome Dove: Uva uvam vivendo varia fit and Tragic Elements in a Western Epic Benjamin Hufbauer Blondie’s Odyssey: The Homeric Journey and American Mythmaking in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Christopher J. Olson Writing and Rewriting History: Myth in the Iliad and Heaven’s Gate Brian Brems Catastrophe Gunsmoke’s Boot Hill and the Classical Underworld Jim Daems Orpheus on the Frontier: Slow West Cynthia J. Miller Influence of Classical Literature in Western Film: A Selective Bibliography Camille McCutcheon About the Contributors Index

Reviews

Winner, Ray and Pat Browne Best Edited Collection in Popular and American Culture--Popular Culture Association

Author Information

Sue Matheson is a professor of English at the University College of the North in Manitoba, Canada.

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