West of everything :: the inner life of westerns /
A leading figure in the debate over the literary canon, Jane Tompkins was one of the first to point to the ongoing relevance of popular women's fiction in the 19th century, long overlooked or scorned by literary critics. Now, in West of Everything, Tompkins shows how popular novels and filmsof...
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| Zusammenfassung: | A leading figure in the debate over the literary canon, Jane Tompkins was one of the first to point to the ongoing relevance of popular women's fiction in the 19th century, long overlooked or scorned by literary critics. Now, in West of Everything, Tompkins shows how popular novels and filmsof the American west have shaped the emotional lives of people in our time. Into this world full of violence and manly courage, the world of John Wayne and Louis L'Amour, Tompkins takes her readers, letting them feel what the hero feels, endure what he endures. Writing with sympathy, insight, and respect, she probes the main elements of the Western--its preoccupationwith death, its barren landscapes, galloping horses, hard-bitten men and marginalized women--revealing the view of reality and code of behavior these features contain. She considers the Western hero's attraction to pain, his fear of women and language, his desire to dominate the environment--and tomerge with it. In fact, Tompkins argues, for better or worse Westerns have taught us all--men especially--how to behave. It was as a reaction against popular women's novels and women's invasion of the public sphere that Westerns originated, Tompkins maintains. With Westerns, men were reclaiming cultural territory, countering the inwardness, spirituality, and domesticity of the sentimental writers, with a roughand tumble, secular, man-centered world. Tompkins brings these insights to bear in considering film classics such as Red River and Lonely Are the Brave, and novels such as Louis L'Amour's Last of the Breed and Owen Wister's The Virginian. In one of the most moving chapters (chosen for Best AmericanEssays of 1991), Tompkins shows how the life of Buffalo Bill Cody, killer of Native Americans and charismatic star of the Wild West show, evokes the contradictory feelings which the Western typically elicits--horror and fascination with violence, but also love and respect for the romantic ideal ofthe cowboy. Whether interpreting a photograph of John Wayne of meditating on the slaughter of cattle, Jane Tompkins writes with humor, compassion, and a provocative intellect. Her book will appeal to many Americans who read or watch Westerns, and to all those interested in a serious approach to popularculture. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238) and index. |
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| spelling | Tompkins, Jane P. West of everything : the inner life of westerns / Jane Tompkins. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993, ©1992. 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Oxford paperbacks Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238) and index. Death -- Women and the language of men -- Landscape -- Horses -- Cattle -- Dry-gulched : a reckoning -- The Virginian : Wister's mother -- Zane Grey : writing the purple sage -- At the Buffalo Bill Museum, June 1988 -- The last of the breed : homage to Louis L'Amour -- Two men. Print version record. A leading figure in the debate over the literary canon, Jane Tompkins was one of the first to point to the ongoing relevance of popular women's fiction in the 19th century, long overlooked or scorned by literary critics. Now, in West of Everything, Tompkins shows how popular novels and filmsof the American west have shaped the emotional lives of people in our time. Into this world full of violence and manly courage, the world of John Wayne and Louis L'Amour, Tompkins takes her readers, letting them feel what the hero feels, endure what he endures. Writing with sympathy, insight, and respect, she probes the main elements of the Western--its preoccupationwith death, its barren landscapes, galloping horses, hard-bitten men and marginalized women--revealing the view of reality and code of behavior these features contain. She considers the Western hero's attraction to pain, his fear of women and language, his desire to dominate the environment--and tomerge with it. In fact, Tompkins argues, for better or worse Westerns have taught us all--men especially--how to behave. It was as a reaction against popular women's novels and women's invasion of the public sphere that Westerns originated, Tompkins maintains. With Westerns, men were reclaiming cultural territory, countering the inwardness, spirituality, and domesticity of the sentimental writers, with a roughand tumble, secular, man-centered world. Tompkins brings these insights to bear in considering film classics such as Red River and Lonely Are the Brave, and novels such as Louis L'Amour's Last of the Breed and Owen Wister's The Virginian. In one of the most moving chapters (chosen for Best AmericanEssays of 1991), Tompkins shows how the life of Buffalo Bill Cody, killer of Native Americans and charismatic star of the Wild West show, evokes the contradictory feelings which the Western typically elicits--horror and fascination with violence, but also love and respect for the romantic ideal ofthe cowboy. Whether interpreting a photograph of John Wayne of meditating on the slaughter of cattle, Jane Tompkins writes with humor, compassion, and a provocative intellect. Her book will appeal to many Americans who read or watch Westerns, and to all those interested in a serious approach to popularculture. English. Western stories History and criticism. Western films History and criticism. West (U.S.) In literature. Westerns (Littérature) Histoire et critique. Westerns Histoire et critique. États-Unis (Ouest) dans la littérature. LITERARY CRITICISM American General. bisacsh Literature. Western stories History and criticism. eflch Literature fast Western films fast Western stories fast West United States fast Westernroman gnd Western Film gnd USA gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4078704-7 Wild-westfilms. gtt Literatuurwetenschap. gtt English fiction Westerns United States Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast has work: West of Everything (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGYVYxyXvdcBqdwrbTWbV3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Tompkins, Jane P. West of everything. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993, ©1992 0195082680 (OCoLC)33438267 Oxford paperbacks. FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=143828 Volltext |
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