West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns

West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns
ISBN-10
0195073053
ISBN-13
9780195073058
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
245
Language
English
Published
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Jane P. Tompkins

Description

Investigates the Western, a homegrown American literary genre, explaining the significance of its major elements: cattle, horses, desert landscapes, violence, death, and heroism, and contends that Westerns are anti-Christian, anti-emotional, and anti-woman

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