{"product_id":"cowboy-classics-kirsten-day-9781474402460","title":"Cowboy Classics: The Roots of the American Western in the Epic Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the American psyche, the \"Wild West\" is a mythic-historical place where our 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 mythic-historical past and its warriors who worked to establish the ideological framework of their respective civilizations. Through a close reading of films like \u003ci\u003eHigh Noon \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eShane\u003c\/i\u003e, this book examines the surprising connections between these seemingly disparate yet closely related genres, shedding light on both in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirsten Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474402461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474402460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Kirsten Day","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46217002385663,"sku":"9781474402460","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_161ad819-d6e7-484c-ad80-60a8d783e79e.jpg?v=1728513988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cowboy-classics-kirsten-day-9781474402460","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}